English → Latin
“whoredom” in Latin
scortumharlot, prostitute (of either sex); animal skin stripped off, hide, fell, peltscortorto seek harlots and other prostitutes, spend time with them; to partake in licentious behavior, debaucheryvulgōto broadcast; to publish; to divulge; to issue; to make known among the people; to make common; to prostitute; to make k
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
whoredom
scortum: To commit whoredom (said of men), stuprum facere (Cic.); stupri consuetudinem facere cum aliqua (Suet.); scortari (Terentianus): (said of women) = to play the harlot, meretricem esse (Cic.); meretricium facere (Suet., Cal., 40); corpore quaestum facere (Plaut.); corpus publicare (Plaut.) or vulgare (Liv.); pudicitiam publicare (Tac.); se omnibus pervulgare; se ad omnes libidines divulgare (Cic.); pudicitiam prostituere (Suet.); pudicitiam in propatulo habere (Sall., Cat., 13, 3).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for whoredom?
- The usual Latin words for “whoredom” are scortum, scortor, vulgō. 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.