English → Latin
“castaway” in Latin
damnōto discredit, find fault, disapprove, reject; to bind, oblige; to sentence someone to a punishment, declare guilty, condprōflīgōto strike or dash to the ground; to overthrow, overcome, conquer; to finish, conclude, resolve, put an end toperdōto destroy, ruin, wreck; to waste, squander; to have no more, to be deprived ofscelerōto defile, contaminate, pollute
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
castaway
damnatus (condemned; hence, also, reprobate, vile: quis te miserior? quis te damnatior? *Cic., Pis. 40, extr.): profligatus: perditus (abandoned). (The words are found in this connection and order), prodigatus et perditus: sceleratus.
Shipwrecked, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for castaway?
- The usual Latin words for “castaway” are damnō, prōflīgō, perdō; also scelerō. 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.