English → Latin
“burrow” in Latin
cunīculusa rabbit; a rabbit burrow; a mine, underground tunnel or galleryuōto put on (clothes etc.); don.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
burrow
cuniculorum cubile.
burrow
sub terra cuniculos facere (cunicoli [mines] dicti ab eo [i. e., cuniculus, a rabbit], quod sub terra cuniculos ipsi faciant, ubi lateant in agris, Var., 3, 12). Poetical expressions are, cubilia fodere: (effossis latebris) sub terra larem fovere: sub terris ponere domos (all Verg.). Animals that burrow, subterranea animalia.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for burrow?
- The usual Latin words for “burrow” are cunīculus, uō. 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.