English → Latin
“duck” in Latin
anasduckcorculuma little heart; sweetheartdomesticusOf the house; domestic; familiar; nativelocusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; groundsanatīnusOf, or resembling a duck.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
duck s.
A bird, anas (Martisalis).
Female of a drake, anas femina. A tame duck, anas cicur, domestica. A duck decoy, locus, ubi fiunt anatibus insidiae. A small wild duck, anaticula fera: a wild duck, *anas fera (*anas boschas, Linn.): of a duck, anatinus. l| Ducks and drakes (the game so called). [Vid: DRAKE.]
(A word of endearment) charissime; dulcissime rerum (after Hor.); corculum (Terentianus).
duck
INTRANS., submergere fluctibus caput.
To drop down the head, caput demittere.
To cringe, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for duck?
- The usual Latin words for “duck” are anas, corculum, domesticus; also locus, anatīnus. 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.