English → Latin
“compulsory” in Latin
vīsstrength; might; vigor; capability (physical)cōgōto collect, assemble, gather together; to restrict or confine in space; to force, compel, urge, encourage, finaglevolōto wish, to please; to want; to mean, to intendcoërcitiōcoercion, restraint, repressioniniciōto throw, cast, hurl or place in, on, into, upon, over or at; to grasp, seize, take hold of, lay one's hands upon; to se
The English word compulsory itself goes back to Latin compellō, through compulsorius.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
compulsory
circumlocution by vi, per vim (cogere, etc.): Compulsory: measures, vis: coercitio. To use compulsory measures with anybody, alicui necessitatem imponere or injicere (aliquid faciendi): vi cogere aliquem: vi grassari in aliquem (Liv., 3, 44).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for compulsory?
- The usual Latin words for “compulsory” are vīs, cōgō, volō; also coërcitiō, iniciō. 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.