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“grass” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

grass
gramen (general term, especially if serving for fodder): herba (young grass, just shooting up; hence frequently graminis herba; i. e., fresh young grass, also = a blade of grass; Vid: Liv., 1, 24: Ov., Met., 10, 87): foenum (cut and dried grass, hay): caespes (turf; also, a piece of soil dug up with the grass and its roots). A withered blade of grass, festuca (κάρφος): a crown made of grass, corona graminea: of the nature of grass, gramineus: a seat covered with or made of grass, sedile caespite obductum (after Plin., 17, 11, 16); sedile e or de caespite vivo factum (after Ov., Met., 5, 317); sedile gramineum (Verg., Aen., 8, 176): grass green, herbaceus; herbacei coloris; herbidi coloris: the color of grass, color herbaceus: made of grass, gramineus: rich in grass, graminosus; herbosus: grown over with grass, gramineus; herbidus: looking like grass (color, etc.), herbaceus; viridis (green, in general): to throw one’s self on the grass, se abjicere in herba (not in herbam; Vid: Cic., De Or., 1, 7, 28).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for grass?
The usual Latin words for “grass” are grāmen, herba, faenum; also caespes, festūca, grāmineus. 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.