English → Latin
“paw” in Latin
pēsa place to tread one's foot: territory, ground, soil; a rope attached to a sail in order to set; tempo, pace, timeterradry land (as opposed to watery parts of the Earth); ground, floor (the surface of the land); earth, soil, dirt, clay, clrādōto scrape, shave, scratch; to rub, smooth; to touch (upon), brush along, grazeunguisfingernail, toenail; talon, claw; hoofpetōto ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat; to make for (somewhere); to seek, aim at, desire
The English word paw itself goes back to Latin pauta, through *pauta.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
paw s.
pes.
paw v.
*pedibus solum, terram, radere, *pedibus strepitum ciere (of a horse): pedibus, unguibus, radere, petere (of other animals).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for paw?
- The usual Latin words for “paw” are pēs, terra, rādō; also unguis, petō. 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.