English → Latin
“hedge” in Latin
saepēshedge, fenceindāgōan encircling, enclosing of wild animals using nets; a surrounding of enemies; an investigation, examiningsaeptumA fence, enclosure, wall.; Any enclosed place, an enclosure.vēnātiōhunting, the chase, venery; hunt
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hedge s.
sepes: sepimentum (any kind of hedge or fence): indago (surrounding part of a forest): septum (a hedge, and the place hedged in; e.g., for the chase, venationis). A quick hedge, naturale sepimentum vivae sepis; viva sepis: a hedge cut into shape, opus topiarium: to put a hedge round anything, aliquid sepire or consepire (general term); circumsepire; septo circumdare aliquid (when the hedge goes all round); sepis munimento cingere (when the leading notion is that of protection or defence).
hedge v.
*sepe viva circumdare: *cingere munimento sepis vivae, or the general terms, sepire, consepire (aliqua re); circumsepire; or vepribus et dumetis sepire (Cic.; but speaking of what was covered with brambles, etc., from neglect).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hedge?
- The usual Latin words for “hedge” are saepēs, indāgō, saeptum; also vēnātiō. 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.