English → Latin
“melancholy” in Latin
trīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose; sorrowful, mournful; disagreeable, harsh, bitter (of taste)maestussad, sorrowful, melancholy; gloomy; mournful, of or pertaining to mourning or sadnessmĕlanchŏlĭamelancholytrīstitiasadness, sorrow, melancholy, sloth; the (sad) state of things; moroseness, sournessmaestitiasadness, sorrow, grief, dejection, melancholy
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
melancholy adj.
tristis; maestus.
melancholy s.
As a disease, melancholia (medicine); atra bilis (Cic.).
Sadness, tristitia; maestitia.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for melancholy?
- The usual Latin words for “melancholy” are trīstis, maestus, mĕlanchŏlĭa; also trīstitia, maestitia. 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.