English → Latin
“moor” in Latin
palūsterswampy, marshy; boggy.religōto bind fast; to moor; to unbindclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman citizenry; the armed forces; fleetlītusstrand, shore, beach
The English word moor itself goes back to Latin Maurus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
moor s.
solum uliginosum; terra uliginosa; loca uliginosa (plur., Plin.); loca palustria (Vitr.), or simply palustria (Plin.).
moor v.
(navem) ad terram religare (Caes.); religare (classem) litori (Ov.); (navem) deligare ad ancoras.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for moor?
- The usual Latin words for “moor” are palūster, religō, classis; also lītus. 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.