English → Latin
“fallow” in Latin
quiēscōto rest, sleep, repose; to cause to cease, stop, render quiet; to be still or quiet, lie stillrequiēscōto rest, repose; to take consolation; find rest or comfort; to be supported (by), rest (on)vervāctumfallow ground, a fallow fieldnovālisunploughed or fallow land (or land ploughed for the first time)veterētumground that has long lain fallow, old fallow groundprōscindōto tear open in front, rend, split, cleave, cut up; to plough or break up the land; to cut through, cleave, furrowvervagōto plough land for the first time after it has lain fallow
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fallow adj.
sine cultu: the land lies fallow, ager cessat, quiescit, requiescit, cultu vacat: to lie fallow every alternate year (of land), alternis cessare (poetically): to let land lie fallow every other year, relinquere agrum alternis annis (Varr.): to let the land lie fallow, *quietem dare agro: that does not lie fallow, restibilis.
fallow s.
vervactum (a field which, after a time of rest, is again ploughed and sown): ager novalis: novale (a field which, after two years’ rest, is ploughed up and sown): veteretum (a field that has for a very long time lain fallow): to sow a fallow, frumentum serere in terra, quae proximo anno quievit.
fallow v.
agrum novare, proscindere, vervagere [SYN. in FALLOW, s.] .
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fallow?
- The usual Latin words for “fallow” are quiēscō, requiēscō, vervāctum; also novālis, veterētum, prōscindō. 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.