English → Latin
“shave” in Latin
rādōto scrape, shave, scratch; to rub, smooth; to touch (upon), brush along, grazetondeōto shave, shear, clip; to crop, prune, trim; to mow, reap
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shave
(With a razor, etc.)(With a razor, etc.), radere or abradere barbam alicujus (with a razor, ξυρεῖν): tondere alicujus barbam (with scissors, κείρειν: Vid: Suet., Oct., 79, modo tondere, modo radere barbam). To shave one’s self, barbam radere or tondere: to be shaved, tonderi; tonsori operam dare (Suet., Oct., 79): to be shaved for the first time, primam barbam ponere (for which Petronius, 74, extr., in the language of rustics, says, barbatoriam facere): to be shaved every day, faciem quotidie rasitare (Suet., Och., 12): figuratively, to shave one, i. e., to cheat, impose upon, aliquem attondere (Plaut., Bacch., 5, 1, 9). To shave closely, aliquem admutilare ad cutem (Plaut.).
(With a plane, etc.)(With a plane, etc.), radgre; radere et levare: to shave off, abradere: deradere (also to make smooth): subradere (from below): circumradere (all round).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shave?
- The usual Latin words for “shave” are rādō, tondeō. 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.