English → Latin
“deteriorate” 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 deteriorate itself goes back to Latin dēterior, through dēteriorātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deteriorate
INTR., deteriorem fieri: in pejorem partem verti et mutari: in pejus mutari. To have deteriorated, deteriore statu or conditione esse; pejore loco esse.
TRANS., deterius facere or in detenus mutare aliquid (opposed to corrigere): in pejus mutare or vertere et mutare (opposed to in melius mutare): corrumpere: depravare (either physically or morally; opposed to corrigere): cf., Deteriorare, very late; Claud. Mamert., Frontin., Symm.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deteriorate?
- The usual Latin words for “deteriorate” 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.