English → Latin
“disaffect” in Latin
aliēnōto change the nature of a person or thing into something else; to make something the property of another, transfer by saabaliēnōto make alien from someone, alienate (from), estrange, make hostile, remove, separate; to dispose, detach, abstract, sepfaveōto be favorable, to be well disposed or inclined towards, to favor, promote, befriend, countenance, protect; to favor; t
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disaffect
alienare or abalienare (abalienatus dicitur, quem quis a se removerit; alienatus, qui alienus est factus, Fasti); to anybody, ab aliquo: aliquem, or alicujus voluntatem, or (Plaut.) animum ab aliquo abalienare: aliquem, or alicujus voluntatem, or animum (Liv., Velleius) ab aliquo alienare (to one’s self, a se; also alienare sibi animum alicujus, Velleius): avertere aliquem or alicujus animum (absolutely or ab aliquo, ab alicujus amicitia Cic., Caes.): abducere, abstrahere, distrahere, subducere aliquem ab aliquo. To attempt to disaffect soldiers, milites sollicitare (☞ Caes. B. C. 2, 33, extr.).
DISAFFECTED, alienatus, to anybody, ab aliquo; in consequence of anything, aliqua re: voluntate alienatus (Sall.): to be disaffected to anybody, ab aliquo animo esse alieno or averso; totum se ab alicujus amicitia avertisse (Caes.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disaffect?
- The usual Latin words for “disaffect” are aliēnō, abaliēnō, faveō. 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.