English → Latin
“deprave” in Latin
corrumpōto 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 deprave
The English word deprave itself goes back to Latin prāvus, through dēprāvō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deprave
deterius facere, or in deterius mutare aliquid (to make worse, instead of better; opposed to corrigere): in pejus mutare, or vertere et mutare (to turn to evil; opposed to in melius mutare): corrumpere; depravare (to deprave physically and morally, opposed to corrigere). (The words are found in this connection and order.) corrumpere et depravare: to deprave anybody, aliquem depravare; alicujus mores depravare or corrumpere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deprave?
- The usual Latin words for “deprave” are corrumpō, dēprāvō. 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.