English → Latin
“pork” in Latin
The English word pork itself goes back to Latin porcus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pork
caro suilla (Cels.); caro porcina; or simply porcina (Plaut.); suilla (Plin.): roast pork, assum suillum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pork?
- The usual Latin words for “pork” are suīllus, porcīnus. 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.