English → Latin
“purgative” in Latin
moveōto move, stir, set in motion; to disturb, shake, remove; to arouse, excite, promote, producesoleōto be accustomed, used to, in the habit of
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
purgative
medicamentum catharticum: medicina alvum solvens or movens. To administer purgatives, cathartica dare: a purgative must be administered, or one must take a purgative, dejectio a medicamento petenda est: to try to give relief by purgatives, to administer a purgative, dejectionem alvi ductione moliri; purgatione alvum sollicitare: to take a purgative, alvum dejicere (of the effect); *alvum medicamento cathartico movere, solvere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for purgative?
- The usual Latin words for “purgative” are moveō, soleō. 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.