English → Latin
“plough” in Latin
arātrumplough or plow (a device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting)būristhe beam of a ploughbūrathe beam of a ploughvōmerploughshare; penismīllethousand; 1000dēnsa tooth; a tooth, point, spike, prong, tine, fluke, or any tooth-like projection; tooth of envy, envy, ill willdentālepluraltēmōpole; tongue (of a carriage or plow); beamstīvahandle of the ploughaurisear
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
plough s.
aratrum. Plough-tail, buris, bura: plough-share, vomer (or vomis), -eris, m: share-beam of a plough, dens, dentale: pole of a plough, temo: handle of a plough, stiva (also capulus, Ov.): earth-boards, mould-boards of a plough, aures (plur.): the coulter of a plough, culter (Plin.).
plough v.
arare (also absolutely, as in English): exarare (only transitively): aratro subigere (to work with the plough): subvertere aratro (to turn up with a plough). To plough for the first time, proscindere; for the second time, iterare agrum (also, offringere terram): for the third time, tertiare agrum: to plough deeply, sulcum altius imprimere: to plough slightly, sulco tenui arare: ploughed land, aratio.
ImPROP., , To plough the waves, sulcare, secare, scindere (all poetical; undas, maria, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for plough?
- The usual Latin words for “plough” are arātrum, būris, būra; also vōmer, mīlle, dēns. 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.