English → Latin
“crest-fallen” in Latin
frangōto break, shatter; to break, shatter (a promise, a treaty, someone's ideas (dreams, projects), someone's spirit); to bredēmittōto send or bring down, cause to hang or fall down; drop, flow, shed, sag, let fall; to sink, lower, put down; to cast doabiciōto throw or hurl down or away, cast or push away or aside; to give up, abandon; expose; discard; to humble, degrade, rediaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline; to be sick, lie ill; to linger, stop, tarry, remainafflīgōto strike, beat, dash (against); cast or throw down, prostrate; to afflict, damage, injure, crush, break or ruin; to humpercellōto beat down; to overturn or upset; to strike or smiteprōflīgōto strike or dash to the ground; to overthrow, overcome, conquer; to finish, conclude, resolve, put an end to
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crest-fallen
fractus: demissus. (The words are found in this connection and order), fractus et demissus; demissus fractusque: humilis atque demissus: abjectus or abjectior: jacens: afflictus: perculsus: profligatus. To be crest-fallen, animo esse demisso, or humili atque demisso, abjecto, fracto, fracto et demisso, or demisso fractoque; animo deficere or cecidisse; esse perculso et abjecto animo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crest-fallen?
- The usual Latin words for “crest-fallen” are frangō, dēmittō, abiciō; also iaceō, afflīgō, percellō. 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.