English → Latin
“lamentation” in Latin
lāmentātiōlamentation, wailing, weeping, moaninglāmentumwailing, moaning, weeping, crying, shrieking; lamentation, lamentquerorto complain, lament, bewail; to be indignantquerimōniacomplaint (grievance)querēlacomplaint, protest, grievance; illness; lamentplangōto strike, beat, flap (repeatedly or with a noise); to beat the breast etc. as a sign of grief, desperation, fury; to bequeritorto complain; to complain excessively; to make a public outcry, cry out in protestvāgītusa crying, wailinggemōto sigh, groan; to creak; to bemoan, lament
The English word lamentation itself goes back to Latin lāmentum, through lāmentātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lamentation
lamentatio, lamentum; questus, querimonia, querela: plangor, planctus; (The words are found in this connection and order.) plangoret lamentatio: queritatus; vagitus; gemitus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) gemitus et lamentatio [SYN. in COMPLAINT]. To make lamentation, lamentari; about anything, queri or conqueri aliquid, or de re; to anyone, cum aliquo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lamentation?
- The usual Latin words for “lamentation” are lāmentātiō, lāmentum, queror; also querimōnia, querēla, plangō. 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.