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“pet” in Latin
stomachusgullet, alimentary canal; stomach; taste or distaste (depending on context)indignātiōdispleasure, indignation, disdaindēliciaedelight, pleasure (an activity which affords enjoyment); darling, sweetheart, favourite, pet; comforts, luxuries (conditamorlove, affection, devotion (for a person, one's family, one's country); strong and passionate longing for something, desiīraire, anger, wrathstomachōsuswrathful, angry; grumpyindignābundusindignant, enraged, furiousstomachōsēangrily, peevishlyīrāscorto be angry, to be enragedeffēminōto weaken or enervate; to make feminine or emasculate
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pet s.
Slight fit of anger, offensiuncula animi (a slight feeling of vexation: Pliny has indignatiuncula in this sense), or stomachus: indignatio: a great pet, ira: in a pet, (adjective) stomachosus: indignabundus; (adverb) stomachose or stomachosius (Cic., who also uses θυμικώτερον, Att., 10, 11, 5); cum or non sine stomacho: in a great pet, iratus: to be in a pet, indignari, stomachari (aliquid): to be in a great pet, irasci (propter aliquid): to be in a pet (or great pet) with anybody, cum aliquo stomachari; alicui irasci: to throw one into a pet, stomachum alicui facere or movere; indignationem alicui movere; into a great pet, bilem alicui movere or commovere; irritare aliquem or alicujus iram.
A favorite, deliciae; amores (plur.); (The words are found in this connection and order.) deliciae et amores alicujus; summe dilectus ab aliquo; alicui dilectus praecipue.
pet v.
nimium alicui indulgere; nimia indulgentia corrumpere aliquem; effeminare, emollire aliquem: petted children, pueri molles, delicati.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pet?
- The usual Latin words for “pet” are stomachus, indignātiō, dēliciae; also amor, īra, stomachōsus. 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.