English → Latin
“mood” in Latin
afficiōto cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow; to treat, manage, handle; to influence, have an efftemperātiōtempering; regulationanimuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, voluntāswill, free will, choice; desire, inclination; disposition towards (something or someone)modusmeasure; bound, limit, end; manner (of doing or being arranged), way (of doing or being arranged), methodhilarischeerful, lively, light-hearted, merry, joviallaetushappy, cheerful, glad; fertile, luxuriant, lush, rich
The English word mood itself goes back to Latin modus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mood
Temper, animi affectio, affectus, temperatio: animus ita affectus: habitus animi (Cic.): sometimes only animus, voluntas, from the context: in different moods, in variis voluntatibus (Liv.): a gay mood, animus hilaris, hilarus, laetus: hilaritas: a melancholy mood, animus tristis: tristitia.
In grammar, modus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mood?
- The usual Latin words for “mood” are afficiō, temperātiō, animus; also voluntās, modus, hilaris. 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.