English → Latin
“exhaustion” in Latin
lassitūdōfaintness, weariness, exhaustion, tiredness, lassitudelanguorfaintness, feebleness, languor, apathycōnfectiōmaking, preparing, producing, arranging, composing, completing; that which is made etc.; confectionīnfirmātiōweakening, invalidating; refuting, disprovingdēbilitātiōmutilation, laming, maiming; weaknessīnfirmitāsweakness, feebleness, infirmity; sicknessdēbilitōto cripple or maim; to debilitate, unnerve, disable or weakencomminuōto break or crumble into small pieces; to pulverize or comminute; to lessen
The English word exhaustion itself goes back to Latin hauriō, through exhaustiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exhaustion
Lassitude, lassitudo, languor (of body or mind): confectio (IMPROP., deprivation of all strength): virium defectio (Cic.). To be suffering from exhaustion, lassitudine confici.
Weakness, infirmatio, debilitatio (as an action): infirmitas, debilitas (as a state). Exhaustion of the resources of a state, opes civitatis attritae or comminutae.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exhaustion?
- The usual Latin words for “exhaustion” are lassitūdō, languor, cōnfectiō; also īnfirmātiō, dēbilitātiō, īnfirmitās. 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.