English → Latin
“aversion” in Latin
odiumhatred, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust, detestation, odium, loathing, enmity or their manifestation; the conditionāvertōto turn away, turn off, avert; to avoid, divert, deviate; to remove; to steal, embezzle, appropriate to oneselfdēclīnātiōdeclination; inclination; avoidancefugaflight, fleeing, escape; avoidance; exiletaediumweariness, tedium, boredom, ennui; disgust, aversion, repugnance, loathing; sadness, grief
The English word aversion itself goes back to Latin vertō, through āversiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
aversion
odium (hatred, dislike, allicujus or alicujus rei): animus alienus or aversus (ab aliquo, aversion): declinatio (alicujus rei: opposed to appetitio; the shunning it by stepping aside out of itsway): fuga (the flying from it): taedium (sensation of weariness and disgust; alicujus rei): odium in aliquem conceptum, or erga aliquem susceptum [aversatio, Q.S.] . To have an aversion to anything, alienum esse, or abhorrere ab aliqua re: taedium mihi aliquid affert or adducit. I have a great aversion to anything, magnum alicujus rei odium me cepit. Anybody is my aversion; or, to have an aversion to anybody, ab aliquo animo esse alieno, or averso (or aversissimo); odium gerere adversus aliquem; odium suscepisse adversus aliquem; odium concepisse in aliquem; aliquem odisse or odio habere. To excite aversion, odium concitare, creare, or conciliare; stomachum movere: against anything, odium alicujus rei facere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for aversion?
- The usual Latin words for “aversion” are odium, āvertō, dēclīnātiō; also fuga, taedium. 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.