English → Latin
“depopulate” in Latin
vāstōto devastate, destroy, ravage, lay wastedēvāstōto lay waste, devastatepopulārispopular (by, of or for the people); of the same people or country; native, indigenousdēpopulorto sack, plunder, pillage, despoil; to ravage, devastate, destroy, lay waste
The English word depopulate itself goes back to Latin populor, through dēpopulātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
depopulate
To depopulate a country, terram vacuefacere; incolas terra ejicere (to remove the inhabitants; Vid: Nep., Cim., 2, 5): vastare; devastare; pervastare (to lay waste; make uninhabitable for men; devastare and pervastare, to make so utterly): populari; depopulari; perpopulari (to lay waste by an army, so as to drive away the inhabitants, and destroy whatever can afford them subsistence, especially by robbery and plunder): to depopulate and lay waste by fire and sword, ferro ignique, or igni ferroque vastare; ferro flammisque pervastare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for depopulate?
- The usual Latin words for “depopulate” are vāstō, dēvāstō, populāris; also dēpopulor. 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.