English → Latin
“feeder” in Latin
nūtriōto suckle, breastfeed, nurse; to feedaltrīxnourisher, cherisher, sustainer (female); wetnurse / wet-nurse / wet nurse; foster motheredōto eatequushorse; steed, chargerStātiusa masculine praenomen, famously held bylactōto contain or give milk, suckle; to suck milk from the breast; to be full of milk
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
feeder
He that nourishes, nutritor (post-Augustan; one who brings up, rears, etc., either a person or an animal: alicujus; equorum, Statius): altor (he that gives everything necessary for subsistence; alicujus, Sall., ap. Lactant., Tac.).
An eater, edens: a great feeder, homo multi cibi; homo edax: a very great feeder, cibi vinique capacissimus (of eating and drinking in general); luxu et saginae mancipatus emptusque (the slave of his belly, Tac.): a greedy feeder, edax or (cibi) avidus or cibi plurimi: vorax: a dainty feeder, gulosus.
Fountain, etc., that supplies a main canal, lake, etc., with water, fons rivus, etc., qui in lacum (etc.) influit.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for feeder?
- The usual Latin words for “feeder” are nūtriō, altrīx, edō; also equus, Stātius, lactō. 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.