English → Latin
“compulsion” in Latin
volōto wish, to please; to want; to mean, to intendnecessitāsnecessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency; fate, destiny, inevitability; necessities, necessary things or evoluntāswill, free will, choice; desire, inclination; disposition towards (something or someone)spontefreely, willingly, voluntarily, spontaneouslysuushis, her, hers, its (own); their, theirstuusyour (singular), thy
The English word compulsion itself goes back to Latin compellō, through compulsiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
compulsion
vis (force): necessitas (constraint imposed by necessity): without any compulsion, voluntate (of one’s own free will; opposed to vi or invitus etcoactus); (the words are found in this connexion and order), judicio et voluntate. sponte: sua (tua, etc.) sponte (of one’s own accord, of one’s free will, ἑκουσίως); (the words are found in this connexion and order), sua, sponte et voluntate: I do anything by compulsion, vi coactus aliquid facio: to oblige a person by compulsion, aliquem vi cogere: aliquem per vim adigere. alicui necessitatem imponere or injicere to resort to compulsion, vim adhibere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for compulsion?
- The usual Latin words for “compulsion” are volō, necessitās, voluntās; also sponte, suus, tuus. 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.