English → Latin
“elevation” in Latin
allevātiōa raising up, lifting; an alleviating, assuagingēlātiōThe act of carrying out; carrying to a grave, burial.; The act of lifting or raising up, elevation.; The state of being levātiōelevation (act of raising); alleviation, mitigation, reliefcollumThe neck or throat.; A symbol of servitude.; A symbol of life.tumulusmound; hill; knoll; hillock; heap of earth; barrow; grave' tumulusaltitūdōheight (distance from bottom to top); depth; spiritual or emotional depthexcelsitāsloftiness, height, ascendencyēminentiaprominence, protuberance; eminence, excellencepraedicātiōpublic proclamation or publication; praise, commendation; prediction, prophecyorthographiaorthography
The English word elevation itself goes back to Latin levō, through elevatio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
elevation
Act of lifting up, allevatio (Quint.): elatio (e.g., onerum, Vitr.; figuratively animi, vocis): levatio (onerum, Vitr.): elevation of the voice, contentio vocis (Cic.); sublatio soni (Quint.): elevation of the mind, elatio, sublatio animi (the raising it to higher thoughts): ascensio (its progress toward perfection, Cic., Brut., 36, 137).
Height, (a) locus editus: collis: tumulus (mound of earth).
(b) (b) FIG., altitudo: excelsitas (PROP. and figuratively): eminentia (part that stands out; but also figuratively = excellence): elatio (IMPROP., swelling of the mind, of language, etc.). Elevation of mind, animi altitudo: animi excelsitas, elatio, eminentia: elevation of language or style, orationis elatio atque altitudo; orationis or verborum granditas; verborum majestas or splendor: sublime elevation of language, sublimitas in verbis.
Act of praising, praedicatio.
In architecture, orthographia (Vitr., 1, 2, who defines it thus, erecta frontis imago modiceque picta rationibus operis futura figura).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for elevation?
- The usual Latin words for “elevation” are allevātiō, ēlātiō, levātiō; also collum, tumulus, altitūdō. 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.