English → Latin
“allay” in Latin
lēniōto soften, soothe; to mollify, assuage, appease, pacifymītigōto make soft, ripe, or tender; to mitigate, make mild, tame, pacifylevōto raise, elevate, lift up; to make light, lighten; to relieve, ease, comfortsollicitūdōanxiety, worry, concern, uneasiness; watchful concern, solicitude; anxious care or attention, painstakingnesssēdōto allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease; to end, stop or staydēpellōto drive out or away; remove, expel, repel; to drive, thrust or cast down; to drive or push away or dislodge an enemy fr
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
allay v.
lenire (the proper word; e.g., a disorder, pain, hate, wrath, sorrow, etc.): mitigare, mitiorem facere (e.g., pain, a fever, melancholy, etc.): levare (to lighten: also elevare aegritudinem, sollicitudinem, etc.). To allay thirst, sitim reprimere, sedare; sitim re-, ex-stinguere, depellere (of entirely quenching it).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for allay?
- The usual Latin words for “allay” are lēniō, mītigō, levō; also sollicitūdō, sēdō, dēpellō. 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.