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“fox” in Latin
vulpēsa fox, vixen; smartness, strategy, quick thinking, adaptability, craftiness, cunning, cleverness, wisdom; a kind of sharvulpēculadiminutive of vulpēs (“fox”); A little foxvulpīnusvulpine, foxiecurliver; the seat of the soul; the seat of the passions and affections
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fox
An animal, vulpes (feminine): a small fox, or a fox’s cub, vulpecula (Cic., N.D., 1, 31, 88; Hor., Ep., 1, 7, 29: Schmid., Auct., Carm. de Philom., 59): belonging to (or of) a fox, vulpinus (e.g., lingua, jecur, Plin.): a fox’s kennel, vulpis specus: vulpis fovea: vulpis cubile: the fur of a fox, pellis vulpina: a cloak lined with fox-skin, *amiculum ex pellibus vulpinis consutis factum (☞ Ammianus, 31, 2, § 5): to wear a cloak of fox’s fur or skin, tergis vulpium indutum esse (Sen., Ep., 90, 14): the brush of a fox (technical term of sportsmen), cauda vulpina.
FIG.A sly or crafty fellow, vulpes: homo versutus: homo callidus: a sly old fox, veterator.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fox?
- The usual Latin words for “fox” are vulpēs, vulpēcula, vulpīnus; also iecur. 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.