English → Latin
“stable” in Latin
firmusstrong, powerful; stable, firm; faithful, steadfast, truestabilisfirm, steadfast, steady, sure, stable, stationary (that stands firm); established, enduring, durable, immutable, lastingfīgōto fasten, fix; to transfix, pierce; to erect, post, set upequīlea stablestabulumdwelling, habitation; stall, stable; hutstăbŭlārĭusbelonging to a stopping-placeagāsōa driver, especially one who drives and takes care of horses; groom, hostler, stable boy; a (low) servant, lackeyconverrōto sweep up, sweep together; to give a good beating toēverrōto sweep or clean outstabulōto stable, house (animals); to be stabled, to have a stall
The English word stable itself goes back to Latin stō, through stabilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stable adj.
firmus: stabilis: fixus: Vid: FIRM.
stable s.
equile: equorum stabulum or stabulum (general term, for any stall or stable). Stable-door, janua stabuli (Col.). Stable-keeper, stabuli magister: stable-boy, stabularius (general term): agaso (a groom). To clean out a stable, stabulum purgare (a stercore), converrere or everrere.
Proverbially, To shut the stable-door when the steed is stolen, clipeum post vulnera sumere (Ov.).
stable v.
stabulare (Varr.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stable?
- The usual Latin words for “stable” are firmus, stabilis, fīgō; also equīle, stabulum, stăbŭlārĭus. 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.