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“corruption” in Latin
corruptiōcorruption; bribery; corrupt state or conditiondēprāvātiōperversion, distortion, corruption, depravityputōto clean, cleanse; to trim, prune, lop; to arrange, settlepūtrēdōputrefaction, rottennessprāvitāscrookedness, inequality, irregularity, deformity; impropriety, perverseness; viciousness, untowardness, depravityturpitūdōugliness, unsightliness, foulness, deformity; baseness, indecency, shamefulness, disgrace, dishonor, infamy, turpitudecorruptēlaseduction, corruption, briberylargītiōgranting, bestowing, dispensing, distributing, imparting; largess; briberyambitusa going around, walking around; circuit; orbit, revolution, cycle
The English word corruption itself goes back to Latin rumpō, through corruptiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
corruption
Act of corrupting, or state of being corrupted, corruptio (rare: perhaps only Cic., Tusc., 4, 13, 28, totius corporis corruptio, as definition of morbus; and id. ib., 29, corruptione opinionum): depravatio (e.g., of mind). ☞ OBSERVE, corruptela is what contributes to the corruption of anything; or corruption as action, corruptela juventutis (genetive objective), Krebs.
State of decomposition, putor: putredo (the state of putrefaction).
In a moral sense, corruptio; depravatio; pravitas; turpitudo [SYN. in To CORRUPT]. Corruption of mind, depravatio et foeditas animi; of manners, mores corrupti depravatique: mores perditi: mores turpes: mores corruptela depravati (Cic., Legg., 2, 15; not corruptela morum).
Bribery, corruptela (with reference to the demoralization of the person bribed): largitio (with reference to the bribe itself): ambitus (with reference to the canvassing, e.g., for places under government).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for corruption?
- The usual Latin words for “corruption” are corruptiō, dēprāvātiō, putō; also pūtrēdō, prāvitās, turpitūdō. 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.