English → Latin
“famish” in Latin
interficiōto kill, destroy, assassinate, slayintereōto go among, become lost in; to disappear, vanish; to be ruined, undonefamēshunger
The English word famish itself goes back to Latin famēs.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
famish
TRANS., Kill with hunger, aliquem fame necare or interficere: inedia necare.
INTRANS., To perish or be perishing from hunger, fame mori; fame perire or interire (from want of the means of supporting life; general terms); fame or inedia necari (as punishment; “to be starved to death;” the latter, in Cic., of Regulus).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for famish?
- The usual Latin words for “famish” are interficiō, intereō, famēs. 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.