English → Latin
“lair” in Latin
cubīlebed; marriage bed; couchlustrumbog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow; den or lair of wild beasts; wood, forest; (a place of) debaucherylatibulumhiding place, refuge; den (of animals)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lair
cubile (generally, a place for sleeping or resting on): lustrum (the place in which an animal lives): latibulum (a hiding-place): ☞ stabulum is a stall, stable, where domestic animals are kept.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lair?
- The usual Latin words for “lair” are cubīle, lustrum, latibulum. 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.