What is the Latin word for drove?

The usual Latin words for “drove” are grex, armentum, gregālis; also gregārius, gregātim. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“drove” in Latin

grexa group of smaller animals: a flock (of birds, sheep, etc.), a pack (of dogs, wolves, etc.), a swarm (of insects), etc.;armentuma draft animal (a large domestic animal suitable for drawing a plow: an ox, a horse); synonym of armenta: such animals t gregālisof the herd; common; of the same group, flock, or herd gregāriusof the herd; common gregātimin flocks, in crowds, in herds

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

drove

Of cattle or sheep in general, grex.

Of oxen, armenta (opposed to grex; hence, Cic., Phil., 3, 13, extr., greges armentorum reliquique pecoris; Ov., Met., 1, 513, non hic armenta gregesve): belonging to a drove, gregalis: gregarius; in droves, gregatim (Vid: also FLOCK, HERD).

A crowd, Vid.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for drove?: The usual Latin words for “drove” are grex, armentum, gregālis; also gregārius, gregātim. 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.