English → Latin
“sweep” in Latin
verrōto scrape, sweep out or up, brush, scour, clean out; to sweep along, drive, impel; to sweep away, carry off, take awaypavīmentuma floor composed of small stones beaten downviaroad, street, path; highway; way, method, manner, modedētergeōto wipe off, wipe away, clean by wiping; to chase away, drive away, remove; to strip off, break offabstergeōto wipe off or away; dry by wiping; to wipe away, drive away, banish, expel, dispelēverrōto sweep or clean outpūrgōto clean, cleanse, clear, purge, purify; to exculpate, justify, vindicate, clear someone's name; to expiate, lustrateēmundōto clean or cleanse thoroughlyambitusa going around, walking around; circuit; orbit, revolution, cyclecircuituspatrol; circuit; revolution (going around)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sweep v.
verrere (e.g., pavimentum, aedes, vias). To sweep down, detergere: to sweep off, abstergere: to sweep out (i. e., cleanse by sweeping), everrere: everrere et purgare (to remove by sweeping, as dung from a stall; and, to cleanse by sweeping, as, a stall): verrere (to sweep cleanse, e.g., a home): purgare: depurgare: emundare (general term t to cleanse): to sweep clean (figuratively, of plunder), everrere el extergere (e.g., templa of Verres; Cic.).
sweep
Act cf sweeping; by the verbs.
A chimney-sweeper, *caminos detergendi artifox.
Compass of a stroke, ambitus: circuitus: civcumactio.
Space, spatium.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sweep?
- The usual Latin words for “sweep” are verrō, pavīmentum, via; also dētergeō, abstergeō, ēverrō. 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.