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“grass-plot” in Latin

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

grass-plot
campus gramineus or herbosus († a place covered with grass, or on which grass is growing): locus herbidus (a spot covered with grass; e.g., quidquid herbidi terreni erat extra murum, Liv., 23, 19, 14): *aequata loci herbidi planities (aequata agri planities, Cic.). Sometimes gramen only may serve; as, prostrati in gramme molli.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for grass-plot?
The usual Latin words for “grass-plot” are herbōsus, mollis. 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.