English → Latin
“harrow” in Latin
hirpexharrowcrātiswickerwork; bundle of brush; fascineoccōto till, harrowcrātiōto harrowcruciōto crucify; to tortureexcruciōto torment greatly, torture, rack, plague; afflict, distress, harass, vex; to force out by torturing, extortcōnscindōto tear or rend to pieces
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
harrow s.
irpex (al. hirpex or urpex, with iron teeth, and drawn by oxen; it is still called “erpice” in Italy): crates (a wattled harrow, to level the ground with; if with teeth for breaking the clods, crates dentata; called, in Italy “strascino”): ☞ occa only in Isidorus, where it is explained by rastrum. The Roman farmers also used a malleus for breaking the clods.
harrow v.
occare (both for levelling the ground and breaking the clods): cratire (for levelling the ground). To sow and harrow, semen injicere, cratesque dentatas supertrahere: to level the ground by harrowing, glebes crate inducta coaequare.
IMPROPR., To harrow a man’s feelings, alicujus pectus effodere (Cic.); cruciare, excruciare; conscindere or torquere aliquem (Cic.); excruciare aliquem animi (Plaut.): *acerbissimo dolore afficere alicujus animum.
Pillage, etc., Vid: HARROWER, occator.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for harrow?
- The usual Latin words for “harrow” are hirpex, crātis, occō; also crātiō, cruciō, excruciō. 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.