English → Latin
“flock” 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 tmultitūdōA great number; multitude, numerousness.; A great number of people, crowd, mob, throng, multitude.catervaa crowd, a band, a troop, a retinue; a group, flock, pack (of animals)gregālisof the herd; common; of the same group, flock, or herdgregāriusof the herd; commongregātimin flocks, in crowds, in herdscongregōto gather into a flock; to swarm; to assemble, collect, associate
The English word flock itself goes back to Latin floccus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
flock s.
Of beasts or cattle, grex (general term, as well of larger as of smaller animals; if, however, it is wished to mark the distinction between both, it is confined to the smaller animals, Vid: Cic., Phil., 3, 13, extr., greges armentorum reliquiae pecoris; Ov., Met., 1, 513, non hic ornamenta gregesve; then, also, for a congregation or assembly of persons): armentum (of larger beasts, especially of oxen, then, also, of horses, stags, great marine animals; opposed to grex; Vid: above): multitudo: caterva (crowd, etc.). Relating or belonging to a flock, gregalis; gregarius: in flocks, gregatim: to assemble or unite in a flock, congregare (also of persons).
Of persons; Vid: CONCOURSE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for flock?
- The usual Latin words for “flock” are grex, armentum, multitūdō; also caterva, gregālis, gregārius. 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.