English → Latin
“pair” in Latin
pāreven (of a number); equal; likeiuguma yoke (for oxen or cattle) or collar (for a horse); a yoke, pair, team of draft oxen; a pair of horses; a chariot; a jubīniTwo by twoconiugiumconnection, union; marriageiungōto join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach; esp. of the hand: to clasp, join; of a treaty or agreement: to join, unitconiungōto bind together, connect, join, unite, yoke together, juxtapose; to compose or form by uniting; to associate; to unite cōpulōto bind or tie together, unite, join, couple; to associate with; to connectcompōnōto arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order; to construct, build; to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, qucoeōto assemble, meet, come together; to encounter, come up against; to copulate, have sex
The English word pair itself goes back to Latin pār, through paria.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pair s.
par; also, jugum. In pairs, bini: a pair of cups, bini scyphi (Cic.): a pair of married people, conjuges par conjugum; or simply conjugium (Plin.).
pair v.
TRANS., jungere; conjungere; copulare; componere.
INTRANS., Of birds or animals, coire.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pair?
- The usual Latin words for “pair” are pār, iugum, bīni; also coniugium, iungō, coniungō. 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.