English → Latin
“quail” in Latin
cō̆turnīxquail; “quail” (used as a term of endearment)dēcipiōto catch, ensnare, entrap, deceive, mislead, beguile, elude, cheatpāscōto feed, nourish, maintain, support; to pasture, drive to pasture, tend, attend; to feed, supply, cultivate, let growdēmittōto send or bring down, cause to hang or fall down; drop, flow, shed, sag, let fall; to sink, lower, put down; to cast doabiciōto throw or hurl down or away, cast or push away or aside; to give up, abandon; expose; discard; to humble, degrade, reddēspondeōto promise (to give), pledge, devote to; to promise in marriage, betroth, engage; to put away from oneself, give up, yietrepidōto hurry with alarm, bustle about anxiously, to be in a state of confusion, agitation, or trepidation; to tremble; to be
The English word quail itself goes back to Latin quaccola.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
quail s.
coturnix: quail pipe, *fistula coturnicibus alliciendis, decipiendis.
quail v.
pavere; demisso, abjecto, fracto esse animo; animum abjecisse, despondisse (Cic.); trepidare (when fear is manifested by trembling, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for quail?
- The usual Latin words for “quail” are cō̆turnīx, dēcipiō, pāscō; also dēmittō, abiciō, dēspondeō. 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.