English → Latin
“vine” in Latin
vītalife; living, support, subsistence; a way of lifelā̆brūscathe plant of the woodland grape (Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris)salicastruma kind of wild vine found in willow-thicketspōnōto place; to put; to lay; to ordain; to appoint; to make (something); to set up; to pitch (camp)ligōto tie, bind; to bandage, wrap around; to unite
The English word vine itself goes back to Latin vīnum, through vīnia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
vine
vitis: labrusca: salicastrum (a kind of wild vine; Vid :, Voss., Verg. Ecl., 5, 7): vitis generosae stirpis (a cultivated vine). To plant vines, vites serere or ponere: vinum serere: to cultivate a vine, vitem colere: to prop a vine, vitem palare: to prune or tie up a vine, vitem amputare, ligare: to ingraft a vine, vitem inserere: to propagate a vine, vitem propagare: the vine grows too luxuriantly, vitis supervacuis frondibus luxurians silvescit: the vine climbs, vitis claviculis adminiculata se erigit (☞ palmes or flagellum is a very thin and slender branch or shoot of a vine; but also used, by metonymy for the vine itself, Col.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for vine?
- The usual Latin words for “vine” are vīta, lā̆brūsca, salicastrum; also pōnō, ligō. 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.