English → Latin
“carrion” in Latin
The English word carrion itself goes back to Latin carō, through *carōnia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
carrion
cadaver; often expressed by morticinus with a sibstantive; as, ovis morticina, carrion sheep: looking like carrion is expressed by cadaverosus: the smell of carrion, cadareris or cadaverum odor.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for carrion?
- The usual Latin words for “carrion” are cadāver, cadāverōsus. 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.