English → Latin
“gravity” in Latin
gravitāsweight, heaviness; gravity, seriousness; severity, harshnesssevēritāsseriousness, gravity, sternness, strictness, severitytrīstitiasadness, sorrow, melancholy, sloth; the (sad) state of things; moroseness, sournessaustēritāsbitterness, harshness, sourness, astringency; darkness, dinginess, sombreness; severity, austerity, strictness, sternnes
The English word gravity itself goes back to Latin gravis, through gravitās.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gravity
gravitas (grave or dignified behavior or manner): severitas (a dignified composure): tristis severitas: tristitia: tristitia et severitas (gloomy or dry earnestness or seriousness): austeritas (if it displays itself by looks or the countenance in general): immobilis rigor faciei (immoveable gravity of face, Quint.). To combine gravity of demeanor with affability, severitatem et comitatem miscere; severitatem cum humanitate jungere: not to be able to preserve one’s gravity (= abstinence from laughter), cupiens risum tenere nequeo: to disturb anybody’s gravity, movere risum alicui: anything disturbs my gravity, risum mihi aliquid movet or excitat: I had extreme difficulty in preserving my gravity, nimis aegre risum continui (Plaut.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gravity?
- The usual Latin words for “gravity” are gravitās, sevēritās, trīstitia; also austēritās. 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.