English → Latin
“mitigate” in Latin
molliōto soften, make soft, make calm, moderate, mitigate, mollify; to make unmanly or effeminatemītigōto make soft, ripe, or tender; to mitigate, make mild, tame, pacifylēniōto soften, soothe; to mollify, assuage, appease, pacifylevōto raise, elevate, lift up; to make light, lighten; to relieve, ease, comfortīraire, anger, wrathimpetusan attack, an assault, a charge; a rapid motion; impulse, vehemence, ardor, passion
The English word mitigate itself goes back to Latin mītis, through mītigātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mitigate
mollire (e.g., iram, impetum): mitigare (to deprive of what is disagreeable): lenire (to assuage): levare (to relieve, lighten): to mitigate a punishment, aliquid ex merita poena remittere: to mitigate the misery of anyone, aliquem miseria levare. Vid: also, ALLEVIATE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mitigate?
- The usual Latin words for “mitigate” are molliō, mītigō, lēniō; also levō, īra, impetus. 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.