English → Latin
“discontent” in Latin
suushis, her, hers, its (own); their, theirsmolestiatrouble, troublesomeness, irksomeness; uneasiness, annoyance; molestationoffēnsiōoffense, offence; accident, misfortune, mishapaegritūdōillness, sickness; grief, sorrowaegersick, ill; weak, feeble; difficult, reluctant, troublesomeefficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
discontent s.
animus non contentus or male contentus (but seldom absolutely; mostly with ablative, suo, suis rebus, sorte sua, etc.). Sometimes molestia: offensio :aegritudo: odium alicujus rei, etc. To feel discontent, poenitet aliquem rerum suarum; at anything, non contentum esse aliqua re; aegre or moleste ferre aliquid; molestiam ex aliqua re capere; offendi aliquare; offensionem accipere; ad aliquam rem offensionem habere et fastidium (Cic.): from discontent at their own lot, odio rerum suarum (Sall.). Vid: DISSATISFACTION.
discontent v.
*facere or efficere, ut aliquem fortunae suae or rerum suarum poeniteat: aliquem ex tranquillo iratum facere (after Plaut., Cist., 3, 21).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for discontent?
- The usual Latin words for “discontent” are suus, molestia, offēnsiō; also aegritūdō, aeger, efficiō. 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.