What is the Latin word for satirize?

The usual Latin words for “satirize” are distringō, perstringō, carpō; also vōx, vexō, exagitō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“satirize” in Latin

distringōto stretch out or apart; to detain; to distract perstringōto bind tightly together; to draw together or up, contract; to graze, graze against a thing; to make blunt by grazing ag carpōto pluck, pick, harvest; to tear off, tear out, rend, separate a whole into single parts, to cut to pieces, divide; to s vōxvoice; accent; speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phrase vexōto shake or jolt violently; to harass, annoy; to vex, trouble (strong term, involving violence)exagitōto set in motion; to drive out or away; to stir up, shake up, disturb peragōto pierce, transfix; to traverse, pass through; to harass, disturb, annoy cōnscindōto tear or rend to pieces prōscindōto tear open in front, rend, split, cleave, cut up; to plough or break up the land; to cut through, cleave, furrow lacerōto rend, tear to pieces; to mutilate, lacerate; to mangle

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

satirize

distringere: perstringere (to censure): carpere, also with vocibus, sinistris sermonibus, or dente maledico (to rail at): vexare: exagitare: peragere (to disturb with censure, to attack violently; peragere in caelius, in Cic., Ep., 8, 8, 1): conscindere: proscindere (to cut up; proscindere also with convicio or conviciis): lacerare (aliquem or alicujus famam = “to tear one’s reputation to pieces;” also with verborum contumeliis, probris): facetiis acerbis irridere aliquem (to mock anybody satirically). To satirize one in a poem, mordaci carmine destringere aliquem: to satirize one publicly, traducere aliquem per ora hominum: to satirize without mercy, vocis libertate aliquem perstringere.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for satirize?: The usual Latin words for “satirize” are distringō, perstringō, carpō; also vōx, vexō, exagitō. 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.