English → Latin
“deface” in Latin
dēfōrmōto form, fashion; to design, delineate, describe; to deform, disfigure; to spoil, marturpōto make ugly; disfigure, deform, mar; defile, pollute; to dishonor, disgracecorrumpōto pervert, corrupt, deprave or infect; to gain to oneself by gifts, etc.; bribe; to spoil or rotdēprāvōto pervert, distort or disfigure; to seduce, corrupt or depravevertōto turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve; to turn upside down, overturn, overthrow, fingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough); to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle; to adorn, dress, arrange
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deface
deformare (to disfigure): turpare (to make ugly). Sometimes corrumpere: depravare: in pejus mutare, vertere, or (Hor.) fingere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deface?
- The usual Latin words for “deface” are dēfōrmō, turpō, corrumpō; also dēprāvō, vertō, fingō. 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.