English → Latin
“attachment” in Latin
amorlove, affection, devotion (for a person, one's family, one's country); strong and passionate longing for something, desivoluntāswill, free will, choice; desire, inclination; disposition towards (something or someone)careōto lack, be without. (usually with ablative), to be deprived of; to be separated fromstudiumstudy; eagerness, zeal; desire, fancybenevolentiakindnesscomprehēnsiōa seizing, taking hold of, catching; arrest, apprehension; a comprehension, perception, idea, understanding; an expressiprehēnsiōan act of seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing; the right or power to seize or arrestergāover against, opposite to; to, towards, with respect to, with regard to, concerning, about; from
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
attachment
amor: voluntas: caritas: studium: benevolentia (SYN. in AFFECTION]: toward anybody, amor in, erga, adversus aliquem: benevolentia, voluntas in or erga aliquem. From attachment, propter amorem or benevolentiam. [More under AFFECTION]
Arrest, comprehensio (e.g., sontium): prehensio.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for attachment?
- The usual Latin words for “attachment” are amor, voluntās, careō; also studium, benevolentia, comprehēnsiō. 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.