English → Latin
“animation” in Latin
volōto wish, to please; to want; to mean, to intendgravitāsweight, heaviness; gravity, seriousness; severity, harshnessvehemēnsvery eager; impetuous, ardent, furious; vehement; emphaticalacritāscheerfulness, liveliness, gaiety, animation; alacrity, eagerness, persistence, zeal, fervour, ardour; joy, rejoicing, exanimōto fill with breath or air; to animate, quicken; to refresh, reviveanimātiōThe act of animating or giving life to, animation.; A living being, form of life.
The English word animation itself goes back to Latin anima, through animatiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
animation
by circumlocution, e.g., by genitive animandi, etc. (animatio, Tert., etc., in Cic., metonymically).
Liveliness, vis: gravitas: vehementia (all three of animation in speaking): alacritas, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for animation?
- The usual Latin words for “animation” are volō, gravitās, vehemēns; also alacritās, animō, animātiō. 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.