English → Latin
“hoe” in Latin
ligōto tie, bind; to bandage, wrap around; to unitemarrahoe; hook, weeding-hookcapreolusa roe deer, roebuckpastinumA kind of two-pronged dibble; The action of hoeing; A hoed soil or fieldsarculumhoerāstrumrake, hoe, mattockrāstellusrake, hoe, mattocksarriōto hoe; to weed (crops)pastinōto dig and level the ground in preparation for planting
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hoe
ligo (broad, and with a long handle, longi ligones, Ov., used for cleaning the ground, breaking the clods, etc.: the iron of the blade was curved; hence fractus ligo, Col., poet., 10, 88: it had, probably, a narrower blade, a hoe, at the other end): marra (post-Augustan; nearly = ligo; lata marra, Col.): capreolus (a two-pronged hoe, a fork for weeding; from resemblance of its prongs to goat’s horns): pastinum (“furcum bimembrum,” Col., 3, 18, 1; especially for weeding vineyards): sarculum (with only one prong or blade; hence the most like our “hoe;” used also for loosening the soil, breaking the clods, etc.): rastrum, or, diminutive, rastellus (with many teeth, rake; but also used for weeding, breaking the clods, etc. ☞ Not rastellum).
hoe v.
sarrire: pastinare (to hoe over a vineyard, etc.). ☞ Poetical expressions are agros findere sarculo; ligonibus domare or pulsare arva, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hoe?
- The usual Latin words for “hoe” are ligō, marra, capreolus; also pastinum, sarculum, rāstrum. 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.