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“landscape” in Latin

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

landscape
A portion of land seen at one view, *ruris species; *rus amoenum; *regio; *regionis forma.
A picture representing a country prospect, *regio (in tabulā) picta or depicta (as a picture of a real landscape): forma regionis picta (a fancy piece; Plin., Ep.): a beautifully-painted landscape, forma regionis ad eximiam pulchritudinem picta (ibid.): landscapes, opus topium; topia, -orum, neuter (sc. opera, in Vitr., 7, 5, 2; Vid: Karl Otfried Müller’s Archaeol., § 209, 6, 4): ☞ topiarium opus is ornamental gardening.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for landscape?
The usual Latin words for “landscape” are rēgius, dēpingō, pīcca. 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.