English → Latin
“raw” in Latin
immātūrusimmature, unripe, untimely, prematurecrūdusraw, bloody, bleeding; immature, unripe, premature; unprepared, raw, uncookedincoquōto boil down; to boil, seethe; to dip in, dyerudisrough, raw, uncultivated; unrefined, unskilled, awkward; rudeimpolītusrough, unpolishedincultusuntilled, uncultivated; neglected; unadorned, unpolishedagrestisrural; rustic; wild (of or pertaining to land, fields or the countryside); clownish; rude; uncultivated; coarse; savage;asperrough, uneven, coarse; unrefined, rude; sharp, newly mintedrūsticusof the country, rural, rustic; unrefined, boorish, coarseatterōto wear away, rub away; to grind; to chafe
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
raw
Unripe, immaturus (the proper word): crudus (opposed to maturus et coctus).
Not dressed, uncooked, crudus; incoctus: half raw, subcrudus.
Unwrought, rudis (in a natural state): impolitus (unpolished): incultus (not cultivated or adorned): raw metal, (aurum, argentum) infectum (opposed to aurum factum, wrought):
Rude, unpolished, unmannerly, rudis (inexperienced, unpracticed): incultus: agrestis (clownish): ferus agrestisque (coarse and unpolite: of persons or manners): asper (of persons, rough in manners): rusticus (boorish; of persons or manners):
Deprived of skin, attritus: saucius. Raw places, partes attritae; attrita, -orum, plur.: to make raw, atterere (e.g., femora equitatu or eundo atterere, Plin.).
(Of the weather)(Of the weather), asper.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for raw?
- The usual Latin words for “raw” are immātūrus, crūdus, incoquō; also rudis, impolītus, incultus. 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.