English → Latin
“encouragement” in Latin
hortātiōencouragement, exhortationadhortātiōexhortation; encouragement; An exhortation intended to win the consent or desire of the audience.cohortātiōencouragement, exhortationimpellōto push, drive or strike against something; assail; to drive or push forward, set in motion, urge on, impel; to impel, istimulātiōa pricking on, incitement, stimulationhortāmenincitement, encouragement, exhortationhortāmentumincitement, encouragementincitāmentumincitement, inducement, incentivestimulusa goad, prick; a sting; stimulus, incentive
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
encouragement
hortatio: adhortatio: cohortatio (exhortation): impulsus: stimulatio (incitement, instigation): hortamen: hortamentum: incitamentum: stimulus (the means by which a person is exhorted or incited respectively): confirmatio animi (strengthening and inspiriting). To need no encouragement, non egere hortatione or stimulis: to do anything without any encouragement, aliquid facere sine ullis stimulis (†): by your encouragement, te hortatore, adhortatore, impulsore.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for encouragement?
- The usual Latin words for “encouragement” are hortātiō, adhortātiō, cohortātiō; also impellō, stimulātiō, hortāmen. 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.