English → Latin
“defloration” in Latin
vĭtĭātĭoan injuringvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, imperfection; vice; crime, wrongdoing, misdeed, sin, error, faultflōsflower, blossom; the best kind or part of something; the prime; best state of thingsbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefuldēfōrmātiōdeforming, defacing, disfigurement
The English word defloration itself goes back to Latin dēflōrātĭo.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
defloration
Act of deflouring, (α) a female, vitiatio: vitium or stuprum per vim mulieri allatum. (β) a thing, deformatio.
Selection of the best, flos: *optima (noun plur.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for defloration?
- The usual Latin words for “defloration” are vĭtĭātĭo, vitium, flōs; also bonus, dēfōrmātiō. 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.