English → Latin
“mortify” in Latin
mōsway or manner (of behaving); behavior; conduct; custom; habit; practice; usage; wont; character; disposition; inclinatioēmoriorto die; to die off; to die outpraemoriorto die prematurelyaegritūdōillness, sickness; grief, sorrowexhibeōto hold forth, present, show, exhibit, display, reveal; to deliver, give up, produce; furnish, supply, provide, render;
The English word mortify itself goes back to Latin mors, through mortificō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mortify
INTRANS., mori; emori; praemori. TRANS.,
To subdue (passions or appetites), corporis libidines coercere, refraenare: *se ipsum or corpus suum castigare.
To vex, aegritudinem or maerorem afferre alicui; molestiam alicui afferre or exhibere: to be mortified at, aegritudine or molestia affici ex aliqua re.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mortify?
- The usual Latin words for “mortify” are mōs, ēmorior, praemorior; also aegritūdō, exhibeō. 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.