English → Latin
“exigence, exigency” in Latin
necessitāsnecessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency; fate, destiny, inevitability; necessities, necessary things or eangustĭaesingdifficultāsdifficulty, distress, trouble, hardshipdiscrīmendistinction, difference, discrimination; division, separation; decision, judgement
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exigence, exigency
necessitas: angustiae: difficultas [Vid: NECESSITY]: (summum or extremum) discrimen or discrimen ac dimicatio (the decisive moment of extreme danger, etc.): from the exigency of the case, necessitate urgente; ex necessitate: necessitate or necessaria re coactus: not from any exigency of the case, nulla re cogente: to submit to the exigency of the case, necessitati parere. Vid: NECESSITY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exigence, exigency?
- The usual Latin words for “exigence, exigency” are necessitās, angustĭae, difficultās; also discrīmen. 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.