English → Latin
“wither” in Latin
torreōto scorch, burn, parch; to roast, bake; to nip, pinchūrōto burn, consume, inflame; especially of the emotions: to inflame with passion, love or lust; burn, set afire or on fireadūrōto kindle, set fire to; to singe, scorch, burncorrumpōto pervert, corrupt, deprave or infect; to gain to oneself by gifts, etc.; bribe; to spoil or rotperdōto destroy, ruin, wreck; to waste, squander; to have no more, to be deprived offlaccēscōto wilt or wither, droop or languish; to (begin to) flaglanguēscōto become faint, feeble, weak, languid or sick; to languish; to wiltdēflōrēscōto shed blossoms; to fade, wither, decay, declineexārēscōto dry up (completely)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wither v.
Transitively. PROP., torrere: urere: adurere. Figuratively, corrumpere (to spoil): perdere (to destroy).
Intransitively. PROP., flaccescere (Col.); languescere (Verg.): used by Cic. in a figuratively sense = to decay, deflorescere (of blossoms and flowers); viescere (to shrivel up, Col.). Figuratively, corrumpi: deflorescere: exarescere: interire (to perish).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wither?
- The usual Latin words for “wither” are torreō, ūrō, adūrō; also corrumpō, perdō, flaccēscō. 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.