English → Latin
“swine” in Latin
sūspig, swine, hog, boar, or sowporcusa piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; short for porcus marīnus (“sea-hog, mereswine, porpoise”)suīllusrelational adjective of sūs. porcine, suillineporcīnuspig, swine, hog; porcine
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
swine
sus (general term): porcus (considered as tame and kept for food): plur., pecus suillum (Col.). Of or belonging to swine, suillus; porcinus: swine’s flesh, (caro) suilla or porcina: a drove of swine, grex suillus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for swine?
- The usual Latin words for “swine” are sūs, porcus, suīllus; also porcīnus. 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.