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“excitement” in Latin
instīgātĭoan urgingirrītātiōincitement, incentive, provocation, irritation, stimulantincitātiōincitement; vehemence, ardourconcitātiōhastening; stimulation; impetuosityimpellōto push, drive or strike against something; assail; to drive or push forward, set in motion, urge on, impel; to impel, istimulātiōa pricking on, incitement, stimulationīnstīnctusinstigation; inspirationhortātiōencouragement, exhortationcohortātiōencouragement, exhortationadhortātiōexhortation; encouragement; An exhortation intended to win the consent or desire of the audience.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
excitement
Act of exciting, instigatio: irritatio: incitatio: concitatio: impulsus: stimulatio: instinctus (all of the action): hortatio: cohortatio: adhortatio (exhortation).
Thing that excites, hortamen: hortamentum: incitamentum: stimulus: concitamentum (Sen., De Ir., 3, 9).
State of excitement, animi concitatio, impetus or (stronger) perturbatio: motus animi turbatus or perturbatus: animi motus, commotio or permotio. A temporary excitement, temporarius animi motus (Vid: Quint., 5, 10, 28): a vehement excitement, acerrimus animi motus: vehemens animi impetus: to speak in a state of excitement, concitate dicere (Quint.). ☞ Concitatio is also used of political excitement.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for excitement?
- The usual Latin words for “excitement” are instīgātĭo, irrītātiō, incitātiō; also concitātiō, impellō, stimulātiō. 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.