English → Latin
“herb” in Latin
herbagrass, herbage; herb; weedsholusvegetable; greensaquawatercaliduswarm, hot; fiery, fierce, vehement; spirited, impassionedvēnditōto offer for sale (again and again); to try to sell; to betray
The English word herb itself goes back to Latin herba.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
herb
herba: olus (pot-herb). Herb-tea, aqua (calida), in qua decoctae herbae sunt (☞ Cels., 4, 25). All roots and herbs, omne herbarum radicumque genus. To take medicinal herbs, *valetudinis causa herbarum succis uti. Herb-market, forum olitorium. Herb-woman, quae herbas, or olera vendit, or venditat.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for herb?
- The usual Latin words for “herb” are herba, holus, aqua; also calidus, vēnditō. 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.