English → Latin
“ravish” in Latin
rapiōto snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape, steal; to snatch (oneself); take off, hurryabstrahōto draw away from, drag or pull away; to withdraw, alienate from; to divert, draw awayofferōto bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose; to cause, occasion, inflict; tēripiōto rescue, deliver, free, save; to preempt, take by force; to snatch, snatch away, take away, tear out, pull out, pluck,capiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm; to take on, adopt; to hold, to containoblectōto entertain, delight, amuse; to pass (the time) agreeably; to delay, detain
The English word ravish itself goes back to Latin rapiō, through *rapire.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ravish
To carry off by force, rapere; vi abducere or abstrahere.
To assault criminally, alicui stuprum inferre or offerre: alicui vitium offerre: alicui vim afferre: aliquem per vim stuprare: aliquem vitiare: pudicitiam alicui expugnare or eripere: decus muliebre or pudicitiam alicui expugnare.
To charm, attract admiration, capere: oblectare: voluptate perfundere: suavissime afficere (to delight in a high degree): animum a corpore abstrahere: mentem a corpore sevocare: vim animi a corporis sensibus sejungere (to throw into ecstasies): retinere: detinere: attrahere: allicere (a person, or the mind): One who ravishes hearts, alicujus forma rapit (Propertius): a picture ravishes the eyes, tabula oculos tenet.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ravish?
- The usual Latin words for “ravish” are rapiō, abstrahō, offerō; also ēripiō, capiō, oblectō. 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.