English → Latin
“excoriate” in Latin
terōto rub or triturate; to wear away or wear out, consume; to treadabrādōto scratch, rub, scrape off or away, abrade; to shave (off); to seize, rob, take, snatch awayfaucēsthe upper part of a throat; pharynx; gullet; a narrow entrance; entry passage; defile; gorge; the jaws of the earth; gul
The English word excoriate itself goes back to Latin corium, through excoriātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
excoriate
desquamare (the proper word): terere (to rub, gall; e.g., collum labore, † Prop.): abradere (e.g., fauces, Lucr.). [Vid: EXCORIATION.] The excoriated parts, desquamata: ☞ excoriare very late (App.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for excoriate?
- The usual Latin words for “excoriate” are terō, abrādō, faucēs. 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.