English → Latin
“pasture” in Latin
pāscōto feed, nourish, maintain, support; to pasture, drive to pasture, tend, attend; to feed, supply, cultivate, let growpābulorto eat fodder, feed, graze; to seek fodder, food or subsistence; forage; to manure, nourish, feedsūspig, swine, hog, boar, or sowgrexa group of smaller animals: a flock (of birds, sheep, etc.), a pack (of dogs, wolves, etc.), a swarm (of insects), etc.;
The English word pasture itself goes back to Latin pāscor, through pastūra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pasture
v.lNTRANS., pascere (Col.); pasci (Cic.); pabulari (Col.).
TRANS., pascere (e.g., sues, greges); also absolutely.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pasture?
- The usual Latin words for “pasture” are pāscō, pābulor, sūs; also grex. 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.