English → Latin
“alleviation” in Latin
levātiōelevation (act of raising); alleviation, mitigation, reliefallevātiōa raising up, lifting; an alleviating, assuagingmītigātiōsoftening, soothing; mitigating, mitigationlevāmenalleviation, mitigation; solace, consolationlevāmentumAn alleviation, mitigation, consolationallevāmentummitigation; relief, alleviationlaxāmentumrelaxation, respite, alleviation; laxity, indulgencedēlēnīmentuma charm, blandishment, allurement, enticementfōmentumA warm application, lotion, compress or poultice, fomentation.; Kindling-wood, touchwood, tinder.; A remedy, lenitive, m
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
alleviation
levatio: allevatio, mitigatio (as act or thing: alleviation administered): levamen, levamentum, allevamentum (as thing: alleviation received): laxamentum (some remission that falls to one’s lot): delenimentum (not Cic. or Caes.): medicina alicujus rei (remedy for it): fomentum (a soothing application: fomenta dolorum, Cic.). To cause or bring with it some alleviation, habere levationem alicujus rei (e.g., aegritudinum): levationi or levamento esse: to find or seek for some alleviation, levationem invenire alicui rei (e.g., doloribus).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for alleviation?
- The usual Latin words for “alleviation” are levātiō, allevātiō, mītigātiō; also levāmen, levāmentum, allevāmentum. 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.