English → Latin
“despondency” in Latin
iaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline; to be sick, lie ill; to linger, stop, tarry, remainabiciōto throw or hurl down or away, cast or push away or aside; to give up, abandon; expose; discard; to humble, degrade, redabiectiōthrowing away or rejecting; dejection, despondency; outcastdēspērātiōhopelessness, despair; desperation; foolhardiness
The English word despondency itself goes back to Latin spondeō, through dēspondentia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
despondency
animus demissus, jacens or abjectus; animi defectio or abjectio (depression of spirits, etc): desperatio (despair); to feel despondency., animum demisisse; animo demisso esse; animo cecidisse; nullam spem habere: to give way to despondency, animo demitti.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for despondency?
- The usual Latin words for “despondency” are iaceō, abiciō, abiectiō; also dēspērātiō. 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.