English → Latin
“stalk” in Latin
stirpsrootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a plant, including the roots.; a plant, shrub, shoot, sprout; lineage, race, stilusa stake, pale, spike; a stylus or pencil used for writing on waxen tabletscaulisstalk, stem; stem of a cabbageculmusstalk, stem (of grass etc.); hay; strawcalamusa reed, cane; an object made from a reed, such as a reed pen, arrow, or fishing rod; a stalk, straw, bladepediculusA little foot.; A footstalk or pedicel of fruit or leaf.petiolusa little foot; a fruit stalk; stemscāpusstem, stalk (of a plant); shaft (or similar upright column)brassicaespecially cabbage, but including cauliflower and other varieties of Brassica oleracealupīnusA lupine or wolf-bean.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stalk s.
(of a plant)(of a plant), stirps (the whole lower part of plants or trees; stem, including the roots; of reeds, Plin.): stilus (of asparagus, Col.): caulis (e.g., brassicae): (of corn), culmus (as bearing the ear); calamus (as hollow): pediculus (fruit or leaf stalk): petiolus (fruit-stalk): scapus (e.g., lupini, Varr., R.R., 1, 31, fin.). Bean stalks, fabalia, -ium.
stalk v.
incedere: ingredi. To stalk proudly, magnifice incedere: to stalk in purple and gold, insignem auro et purpura conspici.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stalk?
- The usual Latin words for “stalk” are stirps, stilus, caulis; also culmus, calamus, pediculus. 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.