English → Latin
“deprive” in Latin
spoliōto strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing, uncover, bare, unclothe; to strip, deprive or rob of arms or equipmentdēspoliōto rob, plunder or despoilexspoliōto spoil, pillage or plunderadimōto take away, snatch away, carry off; steal; capture; to take away, deprive of; to remove (from a situation), save, rescēripiōto rescue, deliver, free, save; to preempt, take by force; to snatch, snatch away, take away, tear out, pull out, pluck,
The English word deprive itself goes back to Latin prīvus, through dēprīvō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deprive
privare aliquem aliqua re (to take away anything from anybody): spoliare; despoliare; or exspoliare (stronger expressions): adimere (to take away something desirable): eripere (to snatch away) alicui aliquid: orbare aliquem re (to take away anything which is dear to us, especially children, hopes, etc.): to deprive anybody of his children, aliquem orbare liberis; liberos ab aliquo abstrahere (by main force; e.g., as hostages, obsidum nomine): to deprive anybody of all his senses, aliquem omnibus orbare sensibus: lo deprive anybody of his reason, aliquem deturbare de mente et sanitate: deprived of anything, orbus aliqua re; of children, liberis orbatus; of the use of one’s limbs, membris captus: of the sight, hearing, understanding, oculis et auribus, mente captus; of hope, spe orbatus; completely, spe dejectus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deprive?
- The usual Latin words for “deprive” are spoliō, dēspoliō, exspoliō; also adimō, ēripiō. 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.