English → Latin
“coerce” in Latin
coërceōto enclose on all sides, hold together; surround, encompass; to curb, restrain, tame, correct, appease; to restrain, keecontineōto hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain; to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround; to keep in, enclose, boundcohibeōto hold together, contain, confine, comprise; to keep (back), hinder, stay, stop, restrain; to hold in check, limit, repfrēnōto fit a bridle; to curb, restrain, check or brakerefrēnōto bridle, check, curb, restrain, refrain (from)inhibeōto lay hold of, keep back, restrain, curb, check, stop; to hinder, prevent, inhibit; to practise, perform, use, employcomprimōto compress (squeeze together); to restrain, contain, repress or curb, hinder, check; to withhold or conceal evidences oreprimōto repress; to check, prevent or restrainsupprimōto press down or under, suppress; to detain or restrain, suppress; to sink
The English word coerce itself goes back to Latin arceō, through coërceō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
coerce
coercere: continere: cohibere: frenare: refrenare (to hold in check, all with accusative): inhibere (to stop): comprimere (to suppress): reprimere: supprimere (to repel): obviam ire alicui rei (to take coercive measures): juventutem refrenare or coërcere: cupiditates coërcere, or continere, or comprimere; cupiditatibus imperare: to coerce by severe laws, vincire aliquid severis legibus: circumscribere (to restrict anybody; e.g., in his liberty, manner of life, etc.): in angustum deducere (reduce to a narrow compass, e.g., perturbationes, Cic.): moderari: temperare: modum facere alicui rei (to put a limit or bounds to anything). (The words are found in this connection and order). cohibere et continere: reprimere et coërcere: aliquem vi cogere (to force, to anything, ad aliquid, with infin. or ut and subjunctive). Vid :. also, To COMPEL.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for coerce?
- The usual Latin words for “coerce” are coërceō, contineō, cohibeō; also frēnō, refrēnō, inhibeō. 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.