English → Latin
“pastoral” in Latin
pāstōriciusherdsman / shepherd; pastoralpāstorA person who tends sheep; shepherd.; A Christian who takes care of the spiritual needs of other Christianspāstōrālisshepherd; pastoralpēsa place to tread one's foot: territory, ground, soil; a rope attached to a sail in order to set; tempo, pace, timeepiscopālisepiscopal; of or pertaining to a bishop.mittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge; to put out, extend, reach out (one's hand); to announce, telbūcolicusof or pertaining to shepherds; bucolic
The English word pastoral itself goes back to Latin pāscō, through pāstōrālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pastoral adv.
pastoricius (general term); pastoris or pastorum, pastoralis: a pastoral poet, poeta bucolicus (grammatical): a pastoral staff, pedum: a pastoral people, *populus vitam pastoriciam agens; *populus pastorius: figuratively, a pastoral epistle, *episto la episcopalis; *epistola ab episcopo per diocesin mittenda, missa: pastoral theology, *sacra recte instituendi praecepta, -orum, plur.
pastoral s.
carmen pastoricium; poema bucolicum (Col.); bucolica, -orum (Gell.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pastoral?
- The usual Latin words for “pastoral” are pāstōricius, pāstor, pāstōrālis; also pēs, episcopālis, mittō. 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.