What is the Latin word for off?

The usual Latin words for “off” are tollō, auferō, abeō; also āvehō, dēvehō, ferō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“off” in Latin

tollōto raise, lift up, elevate; to remove, take away, steal, rob; to destroy, eliminate, annul auferōto take or snatch away; take by force, remove, take away violently, abduct, rob, steal, snatch, confiscate; to lay aside abeōto depart, go away, go off, exit; to change one's nature; synonym of eō āvehōto carry (away); to go away, depart, ride on horseback dēvehōto carry, convey, transport; to carry away (by river or sea); to sail off (with)ferōto bear; to carry; to support, hold up; to suffer, tolerate, endure, bear dēportōto bring or convey; to carry along or down; to banish or transport

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

off

Denoting separation or distance, ab eo (ea, etc.); de eo (ea, etc.). But we usually find a (ab), or de in composition with a verb; as, to drive off, avehi; devehi: to bear off, ferre, auferre (PROP. and figuratively); deportare, reportare, consequi, adipisci (figuratively to get, acquire, obtain, as victory, fame, etc): to carry off, ferre, auferre (to acquire, obtain): obtinere (to obtain something wished for): ex ea re servare (to save, deliver): to come off, elabi, evadere (e.g., to come off with his life, vivum or salvum evadere; vivum exire): to come off with a light punishment, levi poena defungi: to come off unpunished, impune abire; sine poena demitti: to come off fortunately, pulchre discedere (comic): to drive off, abigere, depellere: to go off, abire, discedere; aufugere, profugere (to flee away; the latter especially in a secret manner): to lead off, abducere: to make off, se proripere; se eripere; in pedes se conjicere (to take to one’s heels; comic): to make off secretly, profugere; clam aufugere; clam se subducere (to sneak off); clandestina fuga se subtrahere.

As an interjection, Away! away with! tolle, tollite, aufer, auferte (take away! Vid: Verg., Aen., 8, 439, tollite cuncta, inquit, coeptos auferte labores): abi! apage te! (go away!) off with you! amove te hinc! abi in malam rem! (= go and be hanged! comic): plur., off with you! procul este

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for off?: The usual Latin words for “off” are tollō, auferō, abeō; also āvehō, dēvehō, ferō. 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.