English → Latin
“village” in Latin
pāgusdistrict, canton, region; countryside (rural area outside of a city); countryfolk, rural communityvīcusrow of houses; street; quarter; neighbourhood; village; hamlet; municipal section or ward; farmrūscountryside, country, lands, fields; farm, estate; villageagerfield; acre; land; estate; park; territorypāgānusof or pertaining to the countryside, rural, rustic; rustic, unlearned; pagan, heathenvīcānusvillageagrestisrural; rustic; wild (of or pertaining to land, fields or the countryside); clownish; rude; uncultivated; coarse; savage;rūsticusof the country, rural, rustic; unrefined, boorish, coarsepāgātimBy villages or districts; in every village.vīcātimthrough the streets; through the village(s)
The English word village itself goes back to Latin vīlla, through vīllāticus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
village
PROP., pagus: vicus (the former, a large village; the latter, a small village or hamlet, a farm-house with out-buildings, etc.): rus; agri (village with the country round it; the country, as opposed to the town). Of a village, paganus: vicanus (that lives in a village) agrestis; rusticus (of the country; hence boorish, coarse). From village to village, pagatim: vicatim: village life, vita rustica or rusticana: of or belonging to villages, paganicus.
The inhabitants of a village, pagus: pagani: vicani.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for village?
- The usual Latin words for “village” are pāgus, vīcus, rūs; also ager, pāgānus, vīcānus. 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.