What is the Latin word for debauch?

The usual Latin words for “debauch” are corrumpō, pecūnia, helluātiō; also lū̆xuria, cōmissātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“debauch” in Latin

corrumpōto pervert, corrupt, deprave or infect; to gain to oneself by gifts, etc.; bribe; to spoil or rot pecūniamoney; wealth; cash, ready money, liquid wealth helluātiōgormandizing, gluttony lū̆xurialuxury; extravagance; lust cōmissātiōcarousing, merrymaking, feasting, revelry

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

debauch v.

Corrupt, vitiate, a recta via abducere (PROP.): aliquem transversum agere (figuratively, to debauch or seduce from the path of right or virtue; Sall., Jug., 14, 20. Sen., Ep., 8, 3): corrumpere alicujus animum et mores; also corrumpere aliquem only (anybody’s moral principles): a bono honestoque in pravum abstrahere (Sall., Jug., 29, 2): aliquem ad nequitiam adducere; alicui fenestras ad nequitiam patefacere (to debauch or lead into debauchery; Ter., Ad., 3, 3, 4; Heaut., 3, 1, 72): aliquem in stuprum illicere.

Seduce from duty or allegiance, corrumpere (general term). To try to debauch anybody, tentare aliquem (Nep., Ep., 4, 1): aliquem (pecunia) corrumpendum suscipere (to undertake to debauch): sollicitare (Caes.) or tentare (after quod me tentasti, Nep., Epam., 4, 1): to try to debauch the soldiers, milites or militum animos tentare (Afranius, 57): to undertake to debauch the soldiers, *milites corrumpendos (pecunia) suscipere: an opportunity of debauching the soldiers, milites sollicitandi occasio (Caes., B, C., 2, 33, fin.).

Debauch a woman, (per vim) stuprare; stuprum inferre alicui; stuprum cum aliqua facere; corrumpere (seduce).

debauch

heluatio (as an act): luxuria (as a habit): comissatio (carousing).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for debauch?: The usual Latin words for “debauch” are corrumpō, pecūnia, helluātiō; also lū̆xuria, cōmissātiō. 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.