English → Latin
“demulcent” in Latin
mītigōto make soft, ripe, or tender; to mitigate, make mild, tame, pacifylevāmenalleviation, mitigation; solace, consolationlevāmentumAn alleviation, mitigation, consolationallevāmentummitigation; relief, alleviationmedicīnusOf or pertaining to doctors and healing; medical, medicinalfōmentumA warm application, lotion, compress or poultice, fomentation.; Kindling-wood, touchwood, tinder.; A remedy, lenitive, m
The English word demulcent itself goes back to Latin mulceō, through dēmulcēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
demulcent
dolorem leniens, mitigans (assuaging pain). A demulcent, levamen; levamentum; allevamentum; for anything, alicujus rei (possessing the quality of assuaging pain): medicina, for anything, alicujus rei (possessing healing qualities): fomentum, for anything, alicujus rei (possessing soothing qualities; all both PROP. and figuratively).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for demulcent?
- The usual Latin words for “demulcent” are mītigō, levāmen, levāmentum; also allevāmentum, medicīnus, fōmentum. 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.