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“dejectedness, dejection” in Latin
contractiōa contraction, drawing together; abridgment, shortening; dejection, despondencyīnfrāctiōbreaking to pieces; weakeningtrīstitiasadness, sorrow, melancholy, sloth; the (sad) state of things; moroseness, sournessafflīgōto strike, beat, dash (against); cast or throw down, prostrate; to afflict, damage, injure, crush, break or ruin; to humdēbilitōto cripple or maim; to debilitate, unnerve, disable or weakeniaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline; to be sick, lie ill; to linger, stop, tarry, remain
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dejectedness, dejection
animi demissio, contractio, or infractio; animus demissus: animi debilitatio et abjectio (Cic.): recessus quidam animi et fuga: animus a spe alienus. Sometimes tristitia: animus abjectus, afflictus, debilitatus, or jacens: don’t let him see your dejection, cave te tristem esse sentiat (Terentianus, Andr., 2, 3, 29): to rouse anybody from his dejection, animum alicujus jacentem excitare.
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- What is the Latin word for dejectedness, dejection?
- The usual Latin words for “dejectedness, dejection” are contractiō, īnfrāctiō, trīstitia; also afflīgō, dēbilitō, iaceō. 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.