English → Latin
“shepherd” in Latin
ōpiliōshepherdpāstorA person who tends sheep; shepherd.; A Christian who takes care of the spiritual needs of other Christianspēsa place to tread one's foot: territory, ground, soil; a rope attached to a sail in order to set; tempo, pace, timepāstōrālisshepherd; pastoral
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shepherd
opilio (Col.): ovium custos (Cic.): ovium pastor, or pastor (general term for one who feeds herds or flocks). A shepherd’s life, vita pastorum (the life of shepherds): vita pastoricia (also, a life like that of a shepherd). A shepherd boy, *puer pastoris. A shepherd’s staff, pedum, pastorale baculum: shepherd’s pipe, fistula pastoricia or pastoralis. A shepherd’s dog, canis pastoralis or pastoricius; canis pecuarius: of or belonging to a shepherd, pastoralis: pastorius: pastoricius: shepherd’s weather-glass (a plant), *anagallis arvensis (Linn.): shepherd’s purse (a plant), *thlaspi bursa pastoris (Linn.): shepherd’s needle (a plant), *scandix pecten (Linn.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shepherd?
- The usual Latin words for “shepherd” are ōpiliō, pāstor, pēs; also pāstōrālis. 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.