English → Latin
“discouragement” in Latin
percellōto beat down; to overturn or upset; to strike or smiteabsterreōto drive away, frighten away, deter, discourage; to remove, take away, withdraw, withholdrepellōto drive, push or thrust back or away; reject, repulse, repel; to drive away, reject, remove, discard; keep off, hold baimpedīmentumimpediment, hindrance; luggage, equipagecēterusthe other, remainder, rest; besides, also; other(s)terreōto frighten, terrify, alarm; to deter by terror, scare (away)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
discouragement
Act of discouraging, dissuading, etc., dissuasio alicujus rei (act of dissuading; very rare: once Cic., and Auct., Herenn: ☞ dehortatio very late; Tert.): avocatio a re or re facienda (act of calling one off from anything; very rare; once Cic.).
Thing which discourages, res, quae aliquem (ceteros, etc.) terret; res, quae aliquem or alicujus animum frangit, percellit, etc.; res, quae aliquem deterret, absterret, repellit, or avertit a re: impedimentum (hindrance). To conquer discouragements, invictum esse ad ea, quae ceteros terrent (Curt.); impedimenta superare: to remove all discouragements, removere omnia, quae obstant et impediunt.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for discouragement?
- The usual Latin words for “discouragement” are percellō, absterreō, repellō; also impedīmentum, cēterus, terreō. 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.