English → Latin
“mopish” in Latin
maereōto be sad or mournful; mourn, grieve, lament; to mourn or lament over, bewail, bemoanveternōsuslethargic; sleepy, drowsy, dreamy; languid, spiritlesssomnīculōsussleepy, drowsy; sluggish, slothful; making sleepy, drowsy or sluggish
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mopish
maerens, demissus afflictusque (Cic.); demissus et opprexsus (Cic.; disheartened, dispirited): veternosus; somniculosus (sluggish, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mopish?
- The usual Latin words for “mopish” are maereō, veternōsus, somnīculōsus. 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.