English → Latin
“depreciate” in Latin
levōto raise, elevate, lift up; to make light, lighten; to relieve, ease, comfortPaulusA cognomen of the Aemilius clan.; Paul (biblical figure).
The English word depreciate itself goes back to Latin pretium, through dēpretiātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
depreciate
To lessen the price, levare pretia alicujus rei: to depreciate corn, annonam laxare or levare; ☞ depretiare late; Paullus, Dig., 9, 2, 22.
To undervalue, detrabere de aliqua re, or de aliquo (to depreciate or detract from the value of anything, or anybody): to speak of anybody in order to depreciate his character, de aliquo detrahendi causa dicere: to depreciate anybody’s actions, elevare res gestas; elevare alicujus praeclare acta (Liv.); anybody’s credit or authority, elevare aliquem or alicujus auctoritatem; levare alicujus auctoritatem: to depreciate or speak against anybody, or anything, obtrectare alicui, and alicui rei, or (seldomer) aliquid; alicujus laudibus and alicujus laudes: every one extols himself and depreciates his neighbor, ita se quisque extollit, ut deprimat alium (Liv.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for depreciate?
- The usual Latin words for “depreciate” are levō, Paulus. 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.