English → Latin
“cultivation” in Latin
colōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden; to inhabit; to frequent, be the guardian of, cherish,arātiōploughing; arable landcūracare, concern, thought; pains, industry, diligence, exertion; anxiety, grief, sorrowhūmānitāshumaneness, humane conduct, philanthropy, benevolence, kindliness; courtesy, politeness, good manners, social grace; ref
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cultivation
cultura: cultus (both PROP., and IMPROP.). Cultivation of the soil, agri cultura; or cultura only, or agricultus, or agri cultio, or agrorum cultus (general term): aratio (the ploughing): arandi ratio (the mode or manner in which this is done). [Vid: also, To PLOUGH, PLOUGHING.]
Intellectual cultivation, animi cultus: cura (the care itself bestowed on the cultivation of an object): humanitas (physical and mental elevation, especially with reference to manners and morals). (The words are found in this connection and order.) cultus atque humanitas: the cultivation of litterature, litterarum studia, plur.: the cultivation of all the arts and sciences, omnes bonarum rerum disciplines: the cultivation of the liberal arts, cultus honestarum artium: studia liberalia.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cultivation?
- The usual Latin words for “cultivation” are colō, arātiō, cūra; also hūmānitās. 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.