English → Latin
“offspring” in Latin
prōsāpiastock, race, family, lineageposteritāsfuture time; posterity; offspring, future generationsprōgeniēsrace, family, progeny, lineage, descentstirpsrootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a plant, including the roots.; a plant, shrub, shoot, sprout; lineage, race, prōlēsoffspring, children, progeny, descendants, a line of descendants, family, racesubolēsshoot, sucker; offspring, race, progeny; baby, infant, child
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
offspring
prosapia; posteritas (the former an antiquated and solemn expression, only used of ancient families; offspring collectively): progenies (a somewhat select expression, PROP. used collectively, but also of one or more): stirps (somewhat poetical in this sense, but also used by Livy and Tac.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) stirps et progenies (Tac.): proles; suboles (poetical, speaking of children as fruits: proles as a new race, to exist with their parents; suboles as an after-growth, to supply their places, Döderlein). Male offspring, stirps virilis (Liv.); virilis sexus stirps: to leave any offspring, stirpem relinquere; ex se natos (sc. filios) relinquere: to leave no male offspring, virilem sexum non relinquere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for offspring?
- The usual Latin words for “offspring” are prōsāpia, posteritās, prōgeniēs; also stirps, prōlēs, subolēs. 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.