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“excitable” in Latin
excitōto call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon; to bring forth: to raise, build; to bring out: to encourage, revive, excite, stirrītābilisirritable, irascible, short-tempered; excitable, susceptibleīrācundushasty of temper, hot-tempered, irritable, irascible, predisposed to anger, prone to anger, quick to anger; passionate, wācersharp, sour, bitter, pungent; keen, sharp, acute, sagacious; energetic, active, vigorous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
excitable
Easily excited, qui (quae, quod) facile movetur, excitatur, etc. in quo facile motus excitantur: proclivis ad perturbationes or ad motus animi nimios (☞ Cic., Off., 1, 38, 136).
Irritable, irritabilis (Cic.): pronus ad iram: iracundus: acriculus (sharp, vehement; e.g., senex, Cic., Tusc., 3, 17, 38): he is somewhat excitable, iracundior est paullo (Hor.): commotior est animo (Tac.). To be excitable, facile irritari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for excitable?
- The usual Latin words for “excitable” are excitō, irrītābilis, īrācundus; also ācer. 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.