English → Latin
“scrape” in Latin
scabōto scratch, scrape, abraderādōto scrape, shave, scratch; to rub, smooth; to touch (upon), brush along, grazefricōto rub; to chafeabrādōto scratch, rub, scrape off or away, abrade; to shave (off); to seize, rob, take, snatch awaydērādōTo rub, scrape, smooth or shave offcircumrādōto scrape, shave, scratch aroundcorrādōto scratch, rub, scrape off or away, abrade; to rake (grass); to scrape together, fetch (money)converrōto sweep up, sweep together; to give a good beating toangustĭaesinghaereōto stick, stick fast; cling; cleave; adhere; hang, hang on or to; hold fast, be fastened; hang on; be caught; take root;
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
scrape v.
To rub the surface of anything by an edge, scabere (from κάβω, to rub, to scratch): radere (to scrape with a tool, in order to remove any extraneous matter): fricare (to rub, in order to make smooth): abradere (to scrape off): deradere (to make a smooth surface by scraping): subradere (to scrape from below): circumradere (all around).
To clean by rubbing [Vid: To CLEAN].
To act on the surface with a grating noise [Vid: To GRATE].
To collect by penurious diligence, corradere; e.g., some money; converrere (to sweep together, then to collect, bring together with a great deal of trouble; e.g., hereditates omnium, Cic., Off. 3, 19, extr.).
To play badly (on the fiddle), *strepere fidibus; chordas misere radere (Bau.).
To make a noise with one’s feet, (pedibus) strepitum edere; pedibus terram radere (of birds).
PHR. To scrape acquaintance, insinuare se alicui or insinuare alicui; insinuare se in familiaritatem alicujus.
scrape s.
By circumlocution with the verbs in To SCRAPE.
A perplexity, angustiae: to get anybody into a scrape, in angustias adducere: in angustum compellere. To get (one’s self) into a scrape, in angustias adduci; in angustum venire: to be in a scrape, in angustiis esse or haerere; angustius se habere. To get the money-lenders out of a scrape, ex obsidione foeneratores eximere (Cic., Fam., 5, 6, 5, Cortte).
A bow, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for scrape?
- The usual Latin words for “scrape” are scabō, rādō, fricō; also abrādō, dērādō, circumrādō. 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.