English → Latin
“rid” in Latin
removeōto remove, take awayāmōliorto remove from; move or carry away; to avert, prevent; repel, refuteāmandōto send forth or away, removedīmittōto send away, send forth, send off, dismiss, let go; to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake; to pardon, forgive,crēditorcreditor, lender
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rid
(PROP. past participle) (1) (PROP. past participle) (1) To get rid of anybody, aliquem amovere, removere, amoliri (general terms): aliquem ablegare or amandare (by sending him away with some commission or errand). (The words are found in this connection and order.) aliquem removere atque ablegare (Cic.): aliquem absolvere, dimittere (by satisfying his demands; e.g., creditores (Plin., Ep., 2, 4, 2). To get rid of one’s creditors by giving them security, creditores interventu sponsorum removere. (2) To get rid, or be rid of a thg, solvi aliqua re (to be freed from an obligation, etc.; e.g., of serving in the army, militia): liberari aliqua re (to be freed from it): emergere ex aliqua re (to escape from what one has been, as it were, sunk in; from difficult circumstances, etc.): amoliri: amovere: removere (general terms, to remove; amoliri, by great exertions). To get rid of one’s debts, aere alieno liberari; ex aere alieno emergere; or aere alieno exire: to get rid of expense, sumtum removere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rid?
- The usual Latin words for “rid” are removeō, āmōlior, āmandō; also dīmittō, crēditor. 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.