English → Latin
“nursery” in Latin
sēmināriusseminarianplantārisrelated to suckers or sprouts; related to the sole of the footpōmumany type of fruit (applied to apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.); fruit treevītĭārĭuma nursery for vinesiūriscōnsultuslawyer, legal adviser
The English word nursery itself goes back to Latin nūtrīx, through nūtrīcia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
nursery
Room where young children are brought up, parvulorum diaeta (Jurisconsulti); *parvulorum cubiculum: a nursery tale, nutricularum fabula (Quint., 1, 9, 2).
Plantation of young trees, seminarium, plantarium; seminarium pomarium or pomorum (of fruit-trees): vitiarium (of vines): *seminarium oleagineum (of olive-trees): to make or lay out a nursery, facere, instituere seminarium, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for nursery?
- The usual Latin words for “nursery” are sēminārius, plantāris, pōmum; also vītĭārĭum, iūriscōnsultus. 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.