English → Latin
“gull” in Latin
stīpōto crowd or press together, compress; to cram, stuff, fill; to surround, encompasscrēdulusthat easily believes a thing, easy of belief; credulous, gullible; trusting, trusting inlarusa ravenous seabird; perhaps a gull or mew
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gull s.
A cheat, Vid:
A person easily imposed upon, homo stultus: stipes: credulus.
A sea-bird, *larus: *larus marinus (Linn.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gull?
- The usual Latin words for “gull” are stīpō, crēdulus, larus. 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.