English → Latin
“pasturage, pasture” in Latin
pāscōto feed, nourish, maintain, support; to pasture, drive to pasture, tend, attend; to feed, supply, cultivate, let growpābulumfood, nourishment, sustenance; fodder, pasture; nourishment for the mind, food for thoughtpāscuusOf or for pasture, grazing.viridisfresh, young, youthful; green in color; abundant with verdureriguusirrigating, watering; irrigated, watered
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pasturage, pasture s.
Food for cattle, pastus, pabulum, pascua (plur., especially of grass).
Place of feeding, locus pascuus; ager pascuus (Plaut., Cic.); pascua (plur., Cic.); rarely sing., pascuum (Col.): common pasturage, ager compascuus (Cic., Top., 3, 11): rich pasturage, pascuum pingue (Pall.); viride (Varr.); riguum (Col.); laeta pascua (plur., Liv.): pasture land, ager pascuus (Plaut.); pascuum (Col.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pasturage, pasture?
- The usual Latin words for “pasturage, pasture” are pāscō, pābulum, pāscuus; also viridis, riguus. 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.