English → Latin
“exalt” in Latin
tollōto raise, lift up, elevate; to remove, take away, steal, rob; to destroy, eliminate, annulattollōto lift, lift up; raise, raise up; elevate or sustain; rearefferōto bring, bear, carry, take out, forth, away; transport; to carry out (of the house) for burial, bear to the grave, buryexcitōto call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon; to bring forth: to raise, build; to bring out: to encourage, revive, excite, stērigōto raise up, elevate, lift; to lift, raise, boost; to build, erectextollōto elevate; to erect (a building); to exalt, extolēvehōto carry away, convey out; to export; to proceed, advance, progressaugeōto increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand; to lengthen; to raise, strengthenōrnōto furnish, equip, outfit, prepare; to adorn, ornament, decorate; to honor, commend, praise
The English word exalt itself goes back to Latin altus, through exaltō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exalt
Raise up on high, tollere: attollere: efferre (raise up): excitare: erigere: altius efferre (build up). [Vid: RAISE.]
Elevate to rank, honors, etc., extollere: efferre (raise; opposed to deprimere; absolutely and ad aliquid, Cic.; supra aliquem, Cic.; aliqua re): evehere (e.g., in tertium consulatum, Velleius; ad consulatus, Tac.): augere: ornare (exalt, by gracing with anything, honors, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) augere atque ornare: producere ad dignitatem, ad honores: evehere ad honores; to high honors, amplis honoribus ornare or decorare: to the highest honors, ad amplissimos honores, or ad summam dignitatem perducere: to exalt anybody from the dust or meanest condition, e tenebris in lucem vocare; e tenebris et silentio proferre: to exalt anybody to a (high) office, promovere aliquem ad or in munus, or ad locum (in the time of the emperors: ☞ promovere alone not good): ☞ exaltare, Sen., (alia exaltare alia summittere.)
To elevate to joy, confidence, etc., erigere (e.g., animum demissum, oppressum). (The words are found in this connection and order.) erigere atque recreare: excitare (e.g., afflictum alicujus animum): evehere (e.g., spe vana evectus, Liv.; inconsultius evectus, Quint.). [Vid: ELATE.]
Extol, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exalt?
- The usual Latin words for “exalt” are tollō, attollō, efferō; also excitō, ērigō, extollō. 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.