English → Latin
“discountenance” in Latin
incutiōto strike on, against, into; to inspire with, inflict, exciteāversusturned or facing away; rear; averseimprobātiōdisapprobation, disapproval, blame
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
discountenance v.
Put out of countenance, pudorem alicui injicere or incutere (†): ruborem alicui afferre (Tac.; to shame anybody; make him blush): confundere aliquem or alicujus animum (disconcert him).
Discourage; afford no countenance to, improbare aliquid: non probare aliquid (not to approve of): aversari aliquid, or aliquem, or (Plin.) aversari et damnare aliquem (in Aur. Victor, vultu notare aversato): averso or alieno ab aliquo animo esse (Cic.): aversum esse alicui rei (Hor.) or (better in prose) ab aliqua re (e.g., mercaturis, Hor.): ab aliquo alienum or alieniorem esse: alicui non aequum esse: aliquid non aequis oculis aspicere († Verg.): alicui non favere (not to support or encourage him): respuere aliquem or aliquid: aliquem aspernari et respuere (to despise and reject him): averso animo excipere aliquem (to receive him with marks of dislike, etc., Tac., Hist., 4, 80).
discountenance s.
animus aversus or (Sen.) aversior: improbatio (disapproval, rejection). To show discountenance; Vid: To DISCOUNTENANCE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for discountenance?
- The usual Latin words for “discountenance” are incutiō, āversus, improbātiō. 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.