English → Latin
“goatish” in Latin
hircōsussmelling like a goathircīnusof a goatplacentaa placenta cake; a round cake with a ribbed base and a convex top with a knob in the middle and a honey and cheese filli
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
goatish
hircosus (in smell): ☞ caprinus only = “goat,” as used adjective, in goat-skin, etc.; hircinus is either this, or, in a bad sense, of the smell; hircinae alae (Plaut.). To have a goatish smell, hircum olere.
Lustful, Vid: GOBBLE UP, absorbere (e.g., cakes, placentas [al. absorbere], Hor.): exsorbere (opposed to to gustare, as a far weaker expression; Cic., IMPROP.): vorare: devorare. [Vid: SWALLOW UP.] Not merely to taste anything but to gobble it all up, non modo gustare sed etiam exsorbere (Cic., but figuratively).
To make the noise of the turkey-cock, cicurire (Auct., Carm. de Phil., 24).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for goatish?
- The usual Latin words for “goatish” are hircōsus, hircīnus, placenta. 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.