English → Latin
“oviparous” in Latin
pariōto bear, to give birth to; to spawn, produce, generate, beget; to procure, acquireōviparusoviparous, egglaying
The English word oviparous itself goes back to Latin pariō, through ōviparus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
oviparous
ova gignens or pariens; oviparus (Apul., as translated of ὠοτόκος; and so Anson., Idyll., 10, 132).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for oviparous?
- The usual Latin words for “oviparous” are pariō, ōviparus. 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.