English → Latin
“empoverish” in Latin
effētusexhausted, worn outēnecōto kill, slay; to exhaust, wear outexhauriōto draw out, empty by drawing, deplete; to exhaust, drain off, take out, use up, deplete, empty out, make empty; to takeēmaciōto emaciate, to make leanagerfield; acre; land; estate; park; territoryvīneavineyard; A vine, especially a grapevine; a moveable bower used as a shelter, see testudoexināniōto empty (the contents of); to drain or pour out; to strip; to despoilexpīlōto plunder, despoil, pillage
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
empoverish
alicujus facultates (or opes) exhaurire; egestatem alicui afferre; ad inopiam aliquem redigere; ad mendicitatem aliquem detrudere.
FIG., To empoverish land, emaciare (e.g., agrum, vineam, Col.): solum nimia ubertate defatigare (by letting it bear too much. Vid: “Empoverished’): a country, (sumptibus) exhaurire: exinanire: expilare (to plunder it). A country empoverished by war, regio bello attrita (Tac.). To empoverish a language, *] inguam pauperem facere (after Quint., non adeo pauperem natura eloquentiam fecit; *linguam verborum inopem facere: to empoverish a vine by allowing too many shoots to grow, vitem pluribus flagellis emaciare (Col.).
Empoverished (of land), effetus: defatigatus et effetus; (of a country’s resources) enectus, exhaustus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for empoverish?
- The usual Latin words for “empoverish” are effētus, ēnecō, exhauriō; also ēmaciō, ager, vīnea. 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.