What is the Latin word for bramble?

The usual Latin words for “bramble” are rubus, dūmus, sum; also veprēs, rubēta, dūmētum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“bramble” in Latin

rubusbramble, blackberry bush; a blackberry (fruit), raspberry (fruit)dūmusbush, shrub sumto be, exist; there be; to go veprēsthornbush, briar bush, bramble rubētaA kind of venomous toad living among bramble-bushes.dūmētumthicket

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

bramble

blackberry, raspberry, rubus. Bramble bushes, rubetum.

Thorns, dumi (bushes crowded together so as to make a sort of wilderness): sentes (prickly bushes, thorn bushes): vepres (combines both meanings; thorn bushes growing thickly together). Bramble brake, dumetum, etc.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for bramble?: The usual Latin words for “bramble” are rubus, dūmus, sum; also veprēs, rubēta, dūmētum. 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.