English → Latin
“becalm” in Latin
mītigōto make soft, ripe, or tender; to mitigate, make mild, tame, pacifylēniōto soften, soothe; to mollify, assuage, appease, pacifydēlēniōto soothe or soften down, mitigate; to charm, win, captivate, entice; to corrupt, bribepermulceōto touch or rub gently, stroke, caress; to soften; to charm, please, flatter, delightmolliōto soften, make soft, make calm, moderate, mitigate, mollify; to make unmanly or effeminatesēdōto allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease; to end, stop or staymultitūdōA great number; multitude, numerousness.; A great number of people, crowd, mob, throng, multitude.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
becalm v.
a., To becalm the mind, aliquem, or alicujus animum placare, mitigare, lenire or delenire. permulcere; alicujus iram lenire, mollire, sedare; multitudinem, plebem reprimere; seditionem lenire, or sedare; dolorem mitigare.
The sea, fluctus componere. Becalmed at sea, ventis destitutus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for becalm?
- The usual Latin words for “becalm” are mītigō, lēniō, dēlēniō; also permulceō, molliō, sēdō. 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.