English → Latin
“rake” in Latin
pectencomb; pubic hair; hairhirpexharrowprōflīgōto strike or dash to the ground; to overthrow, overcome, conquer; to finish, conclude, resolve, put an end toperdōto destroy, ruin, wreck; to waste, squander; to have no more, to be deprived ofrāstellusrake, hoe, mattockstringōto draw tight together, to tie together; to pull or strip off, cut off, pluck off, clip off, prune; to unsheathdēstringōto strip off; to scrape (with a strigil); to draw out
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rake s.
An agricultural implement, pecten (☞ not rastrum or rastellus; i. e., a hoe): irpex (made of iron, to break the clods, not to hoe the weeds; Vid: Schneider, Caton., L.L., 10, 2, p. 45).
A dissolute fellow, homo dissolutus, profligatus, perditus.
rake v.
To clear with a rake, pectine verrere (Ov., Rem., 192). To rake up (a crop, etc.), pectinibus legere aliquid (Col., 2, 21).
To scour, stringere, destringere.
To rake up = to collect, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rake?
- The usual Latin words for “rake” are pecten, hirpex, prōflīgō; also perdō, rāstellus, stringō. 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.