English → Latin
“disconsolate” in Latin
iniūcundusunpleasant, disagreeableiaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline; to be sick, lie ill; to linger, stop, tarry, remain
The English word disconsolate itself goes back to Latin sōlor, through discōnsōlātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disconsolate
Destitute of comfort, etc., a spe alienus: spe destitutus: cujus dolor or luctus nullo solatio levari potest. To be disconsolate, jacere; *nihil consolationis admittere; esse perculso et abjecto animo (to be quite dispirited); jacere or versari in moerore (both Cic.); vincit omnem consolationem dolor. ☞ Inconsolabilis, poetical, Ov., but IMPROP., inconsolabile vulnus. To look disconsolate, vultu moesto uti; vultu moesto or tristi esse; vultu animi dolorem prae se ferre [Vid: DEJECTED].
Not affording comfort; cheerless, injucundus: *omni vitae commoditate destitutus. “Disconsolate darkness,” tetrae tenebrae: *tristes tenebrae.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disconsolate?
- The usual Latin words for “disconsolate” are iniūcundus, iaceō. 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.