English → Latin
“assuage” 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, comfortallevōto lift or set up, raise; to lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate, reduce; to sustain, comfort, consolesublevōto lift up or raise (from underneath); to support, sustain, assist or encourage; to lighten or alleviatetemperōto divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate; to combine, compound or blend properly; to rule, regulate, govern, manage, arfamēshunger
The English word assuage itself goes back to Latin suāvis, through *assuāviō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
assuage
lenire: mitigare: mollire: levare; allevare; sublevare: temperare. [Syn. in ALLEVIATE.] To assuage hunger or thirst, famem or sitim sedare: sitim reprimere: famem or sitim explere, depellere. INTR., minui, se minuere, and minuere only: imminui: remitti: se remittere: levari; sublevari: leniri: mitigari. SYN. in ABATE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for assuage?
- The usual Latin words for “assuage” are lēniō, mītigō, molliō; also levō, allevō, sublevō. 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.