English → Latin
“fig” in Latin
fīcusfig tree; fig (fruit); hemorrhoidscaprifīcusthe wild fig tree; caprifigsycomorusfig-mulberry tree, Ficus sycomorus.fīcētumfig orchard / plantationfīculneusfig (tree)grossusstout, fat, thick; coarse, roughcaricusCarian; rotten
The English word fig itself goes back to Latin fīcus, through *fīca.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fig
a mere butterfly in love, desultor amoris.
fig
The tree, arbor fici: ficus (συκῆ, *ficus carica, Linn.): caprificus (ἐπινεός, a wild fig-tree, the fruit of which does not become ripe): sycomorus (the Egyptian fig-tree, *ficus sycombrus, Linn.): a place planted with fig-trees or figs, ficetum: of a fig, ficulnus or ficulneus: wood of a fig, lignum ficulneum.
The fruit, ficus: the green or unripe fig, grossus: the dried fig, carica: good Caunean figs, Cauneae: a small fig, ficulus: belonging or relating to figs, ficarius: a fig-leaf, folium ficulneum: a fig-garden, ficetum: a fig-kernel, granum fici: stewed figs, sycatum (Apicius): wine made of figs, sycites; vinum e fico factum or expressum (Vid: Plin. 14, 16, 18, No. 3): not to care a fig about or for anything, aliquid flocci non facere (Cic.), or non pendere (Plaut., etc.); non pili unius facere (Catullus); non nauci habere (Ennius, ap. Cic.); non assis, ne teruncii quidem facere; non unius assis aestimare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fig?
- The usual Latin words for “fig” are fīcus, caprifīcus, sycomorus; also fīcētum, fīculneus, grossus. 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.