English → Latin
“convalescent” in Latin
convalēscōto recover (from an illness); to gain strengthmorbusa disease, illness, malady, sickness, disorder, distemper, ailment; a fault, vice, failing; sorrow, grief, distressquārtānusfourth (e.g. on the fourth day, of the fourth legion etc.)
The English word convalescent itself goes back to Latin valeō, through convalescens.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
convalescent
circumlocution. To be convalescent, convalescere: morbum (e.g., quartanam) passum convalescere (viresque integras recuperare); recreari e or a morbo; sanitatem recipere; evadere e morbo; ex incommoda valetudine emergere; sanum fieri e morbo; melius alicui factum est; aliquis melius se habet (is better). to be quite convalescent, plane convalescere: to be slowly convalescent, tarde convalescere or paullatim sanitatem recipere (Justinus). [Vid: RECOVER.] [ ☞ convalescere ex or de morbo: not, with Muretus, a morbo: the simple ablative after it denotes the means by which the convalescence has been brought about.] To assure anybody that he will very soon be convalescent, dicere alicui, fore, ut perbrevi convalescat. He is almost convalescent already, inclinata jam in melius aegri valetudo est.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for convalescent?
- The usual Latin words for “convalescent” are convalēscō, morbus, quārtānus. 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.