English → Latin
“slough” in Latin
pellōto push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out; to strike, set in motion; to rout, put to flight,exuviaespoils, booty; skin of a snake etc. sloughed off; remains (that which has been taken off)vernātiōsloughing, the shedding of old skin by snakes; slough, the skin thus shed by snakes; vernation, leafing, the growth of n
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
slough s.
A deep, miry place, locus coenosus.
Cast-off skin, pellis: exuviae (poetical). To cast a slough, pellem exuere; vernationem or senectam exuere (of serpents).
slough v.
(Medical term) crusta obduci.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for slough?
- The usual Latin words for “slough” are pellō, exuviae, vernātiō. 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.