English → Latin
“emaciate” in Latin
mācerōto soften, make tender by soaking or steeping; to weaken, waste away; to vex, torment, distressextenuōto thin, reduce, diminishēmaciōto emaciate, to make leanēnervōto remove the nerves and sinews; to enervate, weaken; to make effeminate
The English word emaciate itself goes back to Latin macer, through ēmaciātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
emaciate
macerare: extenuare (to make thin; alicujus corpus): emaciare (to make emaciated, Col.): facere (ut) macrescat aliquis: enervare (to weaken the nerves). Emaciated, maceratus: enervatus: enervatus et exsanguis: macie tenuatus: tabie confectus (if the consequence of any wasting disorder). Dreadfully emaciated, vegrandi macie torridus (Cic.). A body emaciated by abstinence from food, corpus parvo victu tenuatum. To become emaciated, macescere: macrescere: emacrescere: emacescere (Cels.): emacrari (Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for emaciate?
- The usual Latin words for “emaciate” are mācerō, extenuō, ēmaciō; also ēnervō. 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.