English → Latin
“herd” in Latin
grexa group of smaller animals: a flock (of birds, sheep, etc.), a pack (of dogs, wolves, etc.), a swarm (of insects), etc.;armentuma draft animal (a large domestic animal suitable for drawing a plow: an ox, a horse); synonym of armenta: such animals tmultitūdōA great number; multitude, numerousness.; A great number of people, crowd, mob, throng, multitude.catervaa crowd, a band, a troop, a retinue; a group, flock, pack (of animals)gregālisof the herd; common; of the same group, flock, or herdgregāriusof the herd; commongregātimin flocks, in crowds, in herdscongregōto gather into a flock; to swarm; to assemble, collect, associate
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
herd s.
grex (general term, a large number of cattle, both larger and smaller animals; but if any distinction is made between larger and smaller cattle, it is used only of the latter; Vid: Cic., Phil., 3, 13, extr., greges armentorum reliquique pecoris, Ov., Met., 1, 513, non hic armenta gregesve; then, also = a crowd or great number of persons, a company, etc.): armenta, -orum (a herd of larger animals, especially of oxen; then also, horses, goats, large marine animals; opposed to grex; Vid: above): multitudo: caterva (both = a great number, multitude). Belonging to a herd, gregalis; gregarius: in herds, gregatim: to bring together into a herd, congregare (figuratively. also, of persons).
Of persons; Vid. HORDE, TROOP, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for herd?
- The usual Latin words for “herd” are grex, armentum, multitūdō; also caterva, gregālis, gregārius. 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.