English → Latin
“pelt” in Latin
pellōto push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out; to strike, set in motion; to rout, put to flight,coriumanimal skin; hide, fell; leather; leather belt, whip; crust, coat, peel, shellIūstīnusa male given name, feminine equivalent Iūstīna, equivalent to Koine Greek Ἰουστῖνος (Ioustînos) or English Justin; Justipellītusclad in skins or fursfoedōto make foul or filthy, soil, dirty; defile, pollute, disfigure, mar, deform; to dishonor, disgracepolluōto soil, defile, pollute, stain, foul; to contaminate, violate, dishonor, desecrate, pollute, defile
The English word pelt itself goes back to Latin pellō, through *pultiare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pelt s.
pellis; corium; pelles ferinae (of wild beasts, Justinus). Covered with pelt, pellitus.
pelt v.
re aliqua petere; e.g., to pelt with mud, luto petere (foedare, polluere) aliquem. There is a pelting shower, magna vis aquae dejicitur (Liv.); imber effunditur (Curt.): a pelting shower, imber effusus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pelt?
- The usual Latin words for “pelt” are pellō, corium, Iūstīnus; also pellītus, foedō, polluō. 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.