English → Latin
“animate” in Latin
animōto fill with breath or air; to animate, quicken; to refresh, reviveexcitōto call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon; to bring forth: to raise, build; to bring out: to encourage, revive, excite, stincitōto set in rapid motion, hasten, urge forwards, speed up, accelerate, quicken; to cause to grow larger; augment, increaseincendōto set on fire, burn, kindle; to heat, make hot, scorch; to light up with fire, make a fire uponanimalanimal; living creature
The English word animate itself goes back to Latin anima, through animātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
animate
make alive, etc., animare.
Incite, etc., excitare, incitare (excite, incite): incendere (to set a man on, fire): injicere alicui aliquid (e.g., hope, eagerness to fight, etc.): implere aliquem aliqua re (to fill any body with anything): erigere aliquem in or ad spem (of filling him with hope): alicujus studium incitare; alicujus animum erigere, etc. To be animated, acriorem fieri, etc.
animate adj.
animatus, animans, animalis. Vid. ANIMAL, adj.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for animate?
- The usual Latin words for “animate” are animō, excitō, incitō; also incendō, animal. 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.