English → Latin
“bird” in Latin
avisa bird; omen; portentvolucrisa bird (or other flying creature)alōto feed, to nourish, to nurture; to cultivate, to raise, to rear, etc. (as a child, an animal, etc.); to cause (a thing)praepesswift (of flight), rapid; winged; prosperous, fortunate, luckyoscenany bird by whose song or cries (rather than flight) augurs divined omenshomō̆human, person, man; male human being, man; term of address to male peers, especially by another man: man, fellow, mate, aucupiumwildfowling; place where wildfowling is practisedaucuporto go bird-catching or fowling; to catch or take bees; to chase, strive for; to be on the lookout, lie in wait or watch aucepsa bird-catcher; fowler; eavesdroppercaveahollow, cavity; cage, den, enclosure, stall, coop, beehive, birdcage; the seats in a theater, amphitheater, or auditoriu
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bird
avis, volucris (volucris, any winged animal: e.g., some insects); ales (especially a large bird); praepes (from the flight of which omens were derived); oscen (from whose song and note omens, etc.). A little bird, avicula. The catching of birds, aucupium. To catch birds, aucupari. A bird-catcher, auceps. A bird-cage, cavea. Bird-lime, viscus. Bird-call, fistula aucupatoria.
Fellow, homo, homuneio. To kill two birds with one stone, Vid: STONE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bird?
- The usual Latin words for “bird” are avis, volucris, alō; also praepes, oscen, homō̆. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.