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“disinclination” in Latin
dēclīnātiōdeclination; inclination; avoidancefugaflight, fleeing, escape; avoidance; exileodiumhatred, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust, detestation, odium, loathing, enmity or their manifestation; the conditionāvertōto turn away, turn off, avert; to avoid, divert, deviate; to remove; to steal, embezzle, appropriate to oneself
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disinclination
declinatio (alicujus rei, opposed to appetitio): fuga (alicujus rei, inclination to escape anything; e.g., work): odium (dislike, aversion): animus alienus or aversus (to anybody, ab aliquo; aversion, unfriendly feeling): disinclination to work, declinatio or fuga laboris: to feel a disinclination to anything, alienum esse ab aliqua re; abhorrere ab aliqua re (stronger term); to anybody, ab aliquo animo esse alieno or averso: a strong disinclination, ab aliquo animo esse aversissimo: to feel a violent disinclination to writing, prorsus abhorret animus a scribendo (Cic.): nature has implanted in animals a disinclination to what would be injurious to them, natura bestiis dedit a rebus pestiferis recessum (Cic.): we have a natural disinclination to anything, ab aliqua re natura declinamus (Cic.; of shunning it; opposed to natura appetere aliquid): a morbid disinclination to anything, vitiosa ad aliquid offensio (Cic., Tusc., 4, 20, 23): to feel a disinclination to marriage, abhorrere ab uxore ducenda (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disinclination?
- The usual Latin words for “disinclination” are dēclīnātiō, fuga, odium; also āvertō. 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.