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“curry” in Latin
subigōto bring or get (under); to plough or cultivate; to sharpen or whetdepsōto knead; to dress leather by rubbing and squeezing; to have improper sex (masturbate?)cōnficiōto prepare, accomplish, complete, execute; settle, close a bargain; traverse; to produce, cause, bring about, effect, seperficiōto finish, complete; to perfect; to carry out, execute, perform
The English word curry itself goes back to Latin coquō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
curry
To dress leather, subigere: depsere: conficere: perficere (to prepare; e.g., aluta tenuiter confecta).
To beat, aliquem verberibus caedere or in aliquem verberibus animadvertere (with leather thongs or a whip): aliquem caedere virgis (with a rod). [Vid: To BEAT.]
To curry favor with one, venditare se alicui: blandiri et suppliciter insinuare alicui (Cic.): blanditiis et assentationibus alicujus amicitiam colligere or in alicujus consuetudinem se immergere; blanditiis et assentationibus alicujus benevolentiam sibi adjungere (after Cic., Muren., 20, 41); blanditiis influere in aures alicujus, insinuare se in alicujus familiaritatem; gratiam sibi parere apud aliquem: to endeavour to curry favor with anybody, assentatiuncula aucupari alicujus gratiam; locum gratiae apud aliquem quaerere. CURRY (a horse), strigili radere: subradere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for curry?
- The usual Latin words for “curry” are subigō, depsō, cōnficiō; also perficiō. 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.