English → Latin
“cull” in Latin
ēligōto choose, to pluck or root out, extract; to pick out, choose, electdēligōto pick off, pluck off; to cull; to choose or select; to enroll, levysēligōto separate by culling out; pick or choose out, select, cull
The English word cull itself goes back to Latin colligō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cull
eligere; deligere; seligere; delectum habere, facere [SYN. in To CHOOSE]: to cull fine passages wherever one meets with them, omnes undique flosculos carpere atque delibare: to cull fine passages out of a book, e libro excerpere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cull?
- The usual Latin words for “cull” are ēligō, dēligō, sēligō. 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.