The Latin word for tree is
arbor
Translations for tree and their definitions
arbor | |
1. n. a tree | |
felix arbor - a fruit-bearing tree | |
arbores serere - to plant trees | |
(specifically with the genitive of the species) arbor alni - an alder tree | |
arbores ficorum - fig trees | |
2. n. (metonymically) something made from a tree, of wood | |
arbore mali - the mast (of a ship) | |
centenaque arbore fluctum verberat adsurgens - an oar | |
Pelias arbor - Pelias's ship, the ship Argo | |
- the shaft of a javelin, a javelin | |
- the lever or bar of a press, press-beam | |
arbor infelix - a gallows, gibbet | |
3. n. (metonymically) the polypus (imagined to have arms like the branches of a tree) | |
4. n. singular vocative of arbor |
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary
More Latin words for Plants
All vocabulary sets
Random Quiz:
What is the word for valley?
What is the word for valley?
Start learning Latin vocabulary
Subscribe to Word of the Day |
Email: |