English → Latin
“alleviate” in Latin
lēniōto soften, soothe; to mollify, assuage, appease, pacifymītigōto make soft, ripe, or tender; to mitigate, make mild, tame, pacifymolliōto soften, make soft, make calm, moderate, mitigate, mollify; to make unmanly or effeminatelevōto raise, elevate, lift up; to make light, lighten; to relieve, ease, comfortsublevōto lift up or raise (from underneath); to support, sustain, assist or encourage; to lighten or alleviatelaxōto extend, expand; to open, make wide; to undo, releaseexpediōto free feet from snares; unfasten fetters; lose the shackles; to loosen restraints, unchain, set free, liberate, releasexplicōto unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; to spread out, stretch out, extend, display, deploy; to disentangle, solve, settemperōto divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate; to combine, compound or blend properly; to rule, regulate, govern, manage, ardolorpain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow; indignation, resentment, anger, fury, vengeance
The English word alleviate itself goes back to Latin levis, through alleviatus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
alleviate
lenire (to soften; to make less painful or disagreeable; e.g., dolores, miseriam, aegritudinem): mitigare (to make milder: iram, tristitiam, severitatem, dolorem, labores, febrem, etc.): mollire (to soften: iram, impetum): levare, allevara (to lighten; partially remove: lavare luctum, metum, molestias, curam: also levare aliquem luctu, Liv.: allevare sollicitudines, onus): sublevare (pericula, offensionem, res adversas): laxare (to lessen the tightness of anything that compresses: laborem, Liv.): expedire: explicare (to render the performance of anything easier): temperare (to temper by an admixture of an opposite feeling; e.g., hilaritatis or tristititae modum, Cic.). To alleviate anybody’s labor, partem laboris alicui minuere: to alleviate in some degree, aliqua ex parte allevare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for alleviate?
- The usual Latin words for “alleviate” are lēniō, mītigō, molliō; also levō, sublevō, laxō. 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.