English → Latin
“full-bred” in Latin
generōsuswell-born, well-bred, noble; superior, excellent; generous, magnanimousnōbilisnoble, high-born; distinct, able to be known, famous, celebrated; known, famous; acquainted, familiarequushorse; steed, charger
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
full-bred
generosus (e.g., equus, Quint., 5, 11, 4): nobilis (e.g., mare, equa). Twenty thousand full-bred brood mares were sent into Macedonia, viginti milia nobilium equarum in Macedoniam missa ad genus faciendum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for full-bred?
- The usual Latin words for “full-bred” are generōsus, nōbilis, equus. 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.