English → Latin
“scour” in Latin
percurrōto run, hasten or pass through, traverse, pass or run over or along; stroke; to wind or bend around; to mention briefly pererrōto wander through, roam or ramble over; to survey, explore, perusepūrgōto clean, cleanse, clear, purge, purify; to exculpate, justify, vindicate, clear someone's name; to expiate, lustrate
The English word scour itself goes back to Latin cūra, through scūrō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
scour
To cleanse by rubbing, defricare et diligenter levare; diligenter mundare levareque (Col.). To scour a ditch, fossam detergere or purgare.
To range about, percurrere, pererrare, pervagari regionem
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for scour?
- The usual Latin words for “scour” are percurrō, pererrō, pūrgō. 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.