English → Latin
“mercy” in Latin
misericordiapity, compassion, mercy, lovingkindness, tenderness, heartedness; wretchedness, misery; pathosclēmentiamercy, clemency; gentleness, mildness; clemency, mildness (of climate or the weather)mānsuētūdōtameness; mildness, gentleness; clemencylēniōto soften, soothe; to mollify, assuage, appease, pacifyindulgeōto be kind or courteous (to); to be inclined (to); give free rein (to); to give oneself up (to); to be addicted (to), intribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute; to yield, give up, concede, allow; to divide, share, distributemonachanun (female member of a religious community)
The English word mercy itself goes back to Latin merx, through mercēs.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mercy
Compassion, misericordia; animus misericors: to show mercy to, misericordiam alicui impertire, tribuere: that cannot hope for mercy, cui omnes aditus misericordiae praeclusi sunt (Cic., Verr., 5, 8, 21): the brethren (sisters) of mercy, *monachi (monachae) aegrotorum et egentium curatores, curatrices. [Vid: also, COMPASSION.]
Clemency, clementia; mansuetudo: lenitas; indulgentia. [SYN. in CLEMENCY.] To show mercy to anybody, clementer agere cum aliquo; clementer tractare aliquem; gratiam facere delicti.
Mercy
Misericordia, -ae (f.)
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mercy?
- The usual Latin words for “mercy” are misericordia, clēmentia, mānsuētūdō; also lēniō, indulgeō, tribuō. 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.