English → Latin
“cogent” in Latin
gravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hardīnfirmusweak, feeble; unhealthy, infirm, indisposed, sick; inconclusive
The English word cogent itself goes back to Latin agō, through cōgēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cogent
gravis: tirmus or firmus ad probandum: it appears to me that this is a most cogent argument, etc., firmissimum hoc afferri videtur: it does not uppear to me that the reason given by you is a very cogent one, rationem eam, quae a te affertur, non satis firmam puto (Cic.): a very cogent argument, argumentum firmissimum. potentissimum. (Quint.); not cogent, infirmus (Quint.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cogent?
- The usual Latin words for “cogent” are gravis, īnfirmus. 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.