English → Latin
“awake, awaken” in Latin
exsuscitōto awakenexpergēfaciōto awaken, wake up; to rouse, arouse, exciteexcitōto call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon; to bring forth: to raise, build; to bring out: to encourage, revive, excite, stsomnussleep, slumber; drowsiness, idleness, inactivity, laziness, sloth; death
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
awake, awaken
TRANS., exsuscitare; expergefacere (e somno); excitare (e) somno; suscitare somno or equiete (all stand, also, without e somno, in the figurative sense of arousing). To awake from the dead, aliquem excitare ab inferis; aliquem a morte ad vitam revocare; aliquem ab orco reducem in lacem facere. His conscience is awakened, conscientia mordetur.
Fig. Vid. EXCITE, KINDLE, CAUSE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for awake, awaken?
- The usual Latin words for “awake, awaken” are exsuscitō, expergēfaciō, excitō; also somnus. 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.