English → Latin
“elate” in Latin
efferōto bring, bear, carry, take out, forth, away; transport; to carry out (of the house) for burial, bear to the grave, buryīnflōto inflate; to blow into; to play a wind instrument; to puff up, swell; to be proud, haughtyīnsolēnsunusual; contrary to custom or one’s own custom; arrogant, haughty, insolentiactātiōshaking, agitationsufflōto blow, puff up, inflateīnsolēscōto become strange; to become haughty or insolent
The English word elate itself goes back to Latin efferō, through ēlātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
elate
elatus (aliqua re, lifted up by): superbia sese efferens (Sall.): inflatus, with or without jactatione or insolentia.
elate v.
efferre aliquem: inflare: sufflare (puff a person up). To elate a man, inflare alicujus animum (ad aliquid; e.g., ad intolerabilem superbiam, Liv.). To be elated, se efferre or efferri (aliqua re): by prosperity or success, secunda fortuna efferri; secundis rebus intumescere or insolescere.
Raise, heighten (in a good sense), Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for elate?
- The usual Latin words for “elate” are efferō, īnflō, īnsolēns; also iactātiō, sufflō, īnsolēscō. 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.