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“deaden” in Latin
imbēcillusweak, feeble; cowardlydēbilitōto cripple or maim; to debilitate, unnerve, disable or weakendēlumbōto lame; to bend; to enervate, weakenēnervōto remove the nerves and sinews; to enervate, weaken; to make effeminateīnfirmōto weaken, enfeeble, deprive of strength; to invalidate, disprove, disputeattenuōto make thin, attenuate, thin, reduce; to make weak, weaken, lessen, diminish, attenuate, enfeebleextenuōto thin, reduce, diminishminuōto make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize; to attenuate, appease, suppress, repress, quell; to dismember, tearimmineōto project, bend or lean toward or over, overhang; to touch on, border upon; to threaten, menacecomminuōto break or crumble into small pieces; to pulverize or comminute; to lessen
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deaden
To weaken, imbecillum or infirmum reddere (e.g., stomachum): debilitare; delumbare (e.g., sententias): enervare (e.g., rationem; corpus orationis, Petronius): infirmare (to take away its strength, force, validity; e.g., fidem testis): attenuare; extenuare (PROP., to make thin; attenuare vires, curas; extenuare spem, curas, molestias, mala, vires): minuere; imminuere; comminuere (to abate): frangere; infringere; refringere (to break the force of anything): hebetare; obtundere (to make dull: especially the senses): the sight, hebetare aciem oculorum, or oculos: the sense of hearing, hebetare aures; obtundere auditum: the mind, animum, or ingenium, or ingenii vires comminuere: the mind and body, nervos mentis ac corporis frangere: hope, spem debilitare or extenuare: courage, animum frangere or infringere: their violence, impetum comprimere, or sedare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deaden?
- The usual Latin words for “deaden” are imbēcillus, dēbilitō, dēlumbō; also ēnervō, īnfirmō, attenuō. 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.