What is the Latin word for hill?

The usual Latin words for “hill” are collum, clīvus, tumulus; also grūmus, superus, collīnus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“hill” in Latin

collumThe neck or throat.; A symbol of servitude.; A symbol of life.clīvusslope, hill, rise tumulusmound; hill; knoll; hillock; heap of earth; barrow; grave' tumulus grūmuslittle heap of earth (not as big as a tumulus)superusabove, upper, higher collīnusOf a hill; growing on a hill.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

hill

collis (the proper word for “hill,” any considerable and somewhat steep eminence): clivus (the sloping side of a hill, a gradual ascent): tumulus (a hillock, a natural or artificial rising of the earth, especially when it projects singly in a plain): grumus (any artificial heap of earth, still less than a tumulus): locus editior or superior (general term, any eminence): that is or grows upon a hill, collinus: a small hill, Vid: HILLOCK.

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What is the Latin word for hill?: The usual Latin words for “hill” are collum, clīvus, tumulus; also grūmus, superus, collīnus. 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.