English → Latin
“thrash” in Latin
castīgōto castigate, chastise, reprove; to punish; to rebuke, reprimandverberlash, whip, scourge, rod; a thong of a sling or other similar projectile weapons; a stroke with a whip, a lashing, scourirrigōto water or irrigate; to flood or inundate; to overwhelmdiscutiōto strike asunder, dash to pieces, shatter; to scatter or disperse, dissipate (especially an enemy); to examine, discussexterōto rub out, bring out by rubbing; to rub off, rub away; to tread down, crush; to use upcūdōto strike, beat, pound, knock; to stamp, coin (money)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
thrash
To beat, verberibus caedere or castigare: verberibus or flagris implere: male mulcare: verberibus subigere or irrigare (comedy); verberibus mulcare; with a stick, alicui fustem impingere; aliquem fuste coercere (Hor.).
To beat out corn, e spicis grana excutere, discutere, or exterere: frumentum deterere (general terms): messem perticis flagellare, spicas baculis excutere (with long slicks): spicas fustibus tundere or cudere (with clubs or mallets): frumentum pulsibus tribularum deterere: messem tribulis exterere: a spicis grana excutere jumentis junctis et tribulo (these three by a machine; probably a roller drawn by oxen): spicas exterere pecudibus or jumentorum ungulis: spicas exterere grege jumentorum inacto (by oxen): messim exterere equorum gressibus (by horses): We find frumentum in area terere (Hor., Sat., 1, 1, 45); terere culmos (Verg.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for thrash?
- The usual Latin words for “thrash” are castīgō, verber, irrigō; also discutiō, exterō, cūdō. 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.