English → Latin
“depression” in Latin
dēpressiōa pressing down, a sinking down, a depression; depressionnāsusThe nose.; The projecting part of a vessel; the spout or nozzle.Măcrŏbĭusa Roman grammarian at the end of the fourth century, author of a commentary on Cicero'siaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline; to be sick, lie ill; to linger, stop, tarry, remaintrīstitiasadness, sorrow, melancholy, sloth; the (sad) state of things; moroseness, sourness
The English word depression itself goes back to Latin premō, through dēpressiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
depression
PROPR., depressio (post-classical, rare; e.g., of the sun; opposed to altitudo ejus; of the nose, nasi, Macrobius).
FIG., Mental depression, animi demissio; animus demissus; animus abjectus, orafflictus, or jacens (want of spirit): animus a spe alienus (hopelessness): tristitia (sadness): don’t let him perceive your depression, cave te esse tristem sentiat (Ter., Andr., 2, 3, 29): to rouse anybody from a state of depression, animum alicujus jacentem excitare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for depression?
- The usual Latin words for “depression” are dēpressiō, nāsus, Măcrŏbĭus; also iaceō, trīstitia. 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.