English → Latin
“sheep” in Latin
ōvumegg (approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the emovissheepbidēnstwo-toothed; two-prongedpecusA group of large domestic animals: a herd of cattle, horses, or donkeys; such animals in a collective sense: cattle and ovīllusOf, belonging, or pertaining to sheep.lānigerwool-bearing, fleecy; of a lambpecuāriussheep, cattlepāstōrālisshepherd; pastoral
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sheep
ovis (PROP. and figuratively): diminutively, ovicula (☞ laniger, bidens, poetically): pecus, -udis, feminine (a single head of sheep; plur., oves); pecus, -oris, neuter (oviarium, ovillum, or lanigerum). A flock of sheep, grex ovium: a sheep dog, canis oviarius, pecuarius, pastoralis: sheep-shearing, ovium tonsura (Col.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sheep?
- The usual Latin words for “sheep” are ōvum, ovis, bidēns; also pecus, ovīllus, lāniger. 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.