English → Latin
“exhortatory” in Latin
hortātīvusthat serves for encouragementexhortātīvusbelonging to exhortationsuāsōriussuasory, persuasive, pertaining to counsel or persuasion.; persuasive, convincingmāteriamatter; material; component stuff; substance; timber; source, originōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speaking
The English word exhortatory itself goes back to Latin exhortātōrĭus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exhortatory
hortativus (e.g., genus dicendi. Quint.): exhortativus (Quint.): suasorius (e.g., materia, oratio).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exhortatory?
- The usual Latin words for “exhortatory” are hortātīvus, exhortātīvus, suāsōrius; also māteria, ōrātiō. 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.