English → Latin
“smut” in Latin
dēnigrōto blacken (to cause to be or become black); to blacken (to defame or sully)laedōto strike, collide, hurt; to offend; to thwartcorripiōto seize or snatch up, catch, lay violent hands on, take hold of, grasp quickly; to hurry up, hasten, set up quickly; to
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
smut s.
Blackness, nigritude: *macula ex rubigine concepta.
Obscenity in expression, obscenum verbum: canticum obscenum: obscena dicere.
smut v.
Transitively, rubiginem obducere alicui rei: denigrare (to turn black).
Intransitively, To gather mould, rubigine obduci: rubigine infestari, or laedi, or corripi: in aeruginem incidere (the latter of copper).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for smut?
- The usual Latin words for “smut” are dēnigrō, laedō, corripiō. 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.