English → Latin
“deepen” in Latin
dēprimōto press down; to depress; to suppress, repress or silence; to disparageexcavōto hollow out, excavateaugeōto increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand; to lengthen; to raise, strengthenallevōto lift or set up, raise; to lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate, reduce; to sustain, comfort, consoleaedistemple, shrine; tomb; roomsulcusA furrow made by a plow.; Ploughing.; A long, narrow trench; a ditch.astringōto draw close, bind or tie together; tighten, contract; to check, repress, restrain; to put under obligation, oblige, ne
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deepen
deprimere (to fix deeper in the ground; opposed to tollere, allevare; e.g., a building, aedem): *majorem in altitudinem deprimere (after mirandam in altitudinem depressus, etc.): altius imprimere (e.g., a furrow, sulcum): excavare (to hollow out; e.g., the shores): depressius fodere (Sen., Cons., ad Helv., 9; e.g., specus).
To make darker; to deepen the darkness, densare tenebras (after Verg. obtenta densantur nocte tenebrae): to deepen a color, colori austeritatem dare (Plin.): colorem adstringere or astringere (opposed to excitare, to make it brighter, Plin.): to deepen colors that are too bright, nimis floridis coloribus austeritatem dare (Plin., 35, 10).
Increase (e.g., sorrow, etc.), augere (dolorem, molestiam, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deepen?
- The usual Latin words for “deepen” are dēprimō, excavō, augeō; also allevō, aedis, sulcus. 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.