English → Latin
“squander” in Latin
effundōto pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off; to pour, drive, cast or send out, shower, discharge; to give oneself up to,profundōto pour forth, to lavish; to prostrate; to squandercōnficiōto prepare, accomplish, complete, execute; settle, close a bargain; traverse; to produce, cause, bring about, effect, secōnsūmōto take wholly or completely; to consume, devour, waste, squander, use up; annihilate, destroy, bring to naught; to killdissipōto scatter, disperse, spread abroad; to dissipate or squander; to demolish, overthrow, destroy, ruinlacerōto rend, tear to pieces; to mutilate, lacerate; to mangleperdōto destroy, ruin, wreck; to waste, squander; to have no more, to be deprived of
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
squander
effundere: profundere (to spend lavishly): conficere: consumere (to consume by lavish expenditure). (The words are found in this connection and order.) effundere et consumere: dissipare (general term, to scatter abroad, dissipate): abligurire (to consume by luxurious or dainty living): lacerare (to cut up): perdere (to destroy): heluari (to lavish upon immoderate feasting): ☞ prodigere is an old word, revived in the decline of the language, and therefore to be avoided. To squander one’s property, rem suam conficere or lacerare: to squander one’s time, tempus perdere; tempore abuti.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for squander?
- The usual Latin words for “squander” are effundō, profundō, cōnficiō; also cōnsūmō, dissipō, lacerō. 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.