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“green” in Latin
viridisfresh, young, youthful; green in color; abundant with verdurefrondeōto have or put forth leaves; to be in leaf, become greencrūdusraw, bloody, bleeding; immature, unripe, premature; unprepared, raw, uncookedimmātūrusimmature, unripe, untimely, prematureacerbusharsh, bitter, unripe, sour, premature, not yet marriageable; sharp, severe, bitter (i.e., extremely painful); rough, vinovellusnew, young, fresh; novel, newly madetīrōrecruit; apprentice (one that is young in age); beginner, novice, tyro, neophyte, freshman, greenhornrudisrough, raw, uncultivated; unrefined, unskilled, awkward; rudeperegrīnusforeign, alien; exotichospeshost; guest, visitor; stranger, foreigner
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
green
Having a color compounded of blue and yellow, viridis (general term): frondens (having leaves, or being out; e.g., of trees): subviridis: e viridi pallens (light green): a reddish green, e viridi rubens (Plin.): acriter viridis: perviridis: *e viridi nigricans (a dark-shaded green): hyalinus (of the color of glass, later only): herbeus: herbaceus (of the color of grass, †): prasinus (garlic-, or yellowish-colored): glaucus (of the color of the sea; poetical thalassinus): psittacinus (of the color of a parrot): recens: vivus (fresh; e.g., turf): gramine vestitus: herbis convestitus (clothed with grass). To become green, virescere: frondescere (to put forth its leaves; of trees): to become green again, revirescere: to be green, virere: frondere (to be in leaf) :
Green; opposed to dry (of wood), viridis: humidus (full of sap, moisture; e.g., materia). (The words are found in this connection and order.) viridis atque humidus (e.g., ligna, Caes.).
Green (opposed to ripe), crudus: immaturus: acerbus [Vid: UNRIPE].
Recent; e.g., a green wound, crudum (adhuc) vulnus (Cels., Ov.).
Inexperienced, homo novus: novitius: novellus (that has only just arrived; Vid: Liv., 41, 5): tiro, or rudis, or (The words are found in this connection and order.) tiro et rudis in aliqua re (a beginner only): peregrinus or hospes, or peregrinus atque hospes in aliqua re (inexperienced; Vid: Cic., De Or., 1, 50, extr.: fateor... et nulla, in re tironem ac rudem, neque peregrinum atque hospitem in agendo esse debere).
green s.
Green co lor, viride (e.g., e viridi pallens): color viridis: bright green, color perviridis.
A grassy plain, locus or campus herbidus: terrenum herbidum (Liv., ; of a green before the walls of a city).
Green vegetables, viridia, ium, n.; olus, or plur., olera; *brassica viridis (cabbage, Linn.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for green?
- The usual Latin words for “green” are viridis, frondeō, crūdus; also immātūrus, acerbus, novellus. 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.