English → Latin
“quicken” in Latin
animōto fill with breath or air; to animate, quicken; to refresh, revivevīvificōto vivify (to give life or vigor)excitōto call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon; to bring forth: to raise, build; to bring out: to encourage, revive, excite, stincitōto set in rapid motion, hasten, urge forwards, speed up, accelerate, quicken; to cause to grow larger; augment, increase
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
quicken
To accelerate, accelerare aliquid; maturare aliquid, or with infinitive; praecipitare aliquid. [SYN. in ACCELERATE.] .
To make alive, animare (poetically, also figuratively): vivificare (late, Tert.).
To excite, excitare, incitare; aliquem alacriorem ad aliquid efficere (e.g., ad pugnandum); alicujus animum incitare: to be quickened, accedit mihi animus; alacriorem fieri; magna alacritas studiumque alicujus rei magnum alicui injectum est: ☞ not animi, except as = ferociorem reddi (Tac., Germ., 29, 3).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for quicken?
- The usual Latin words for “quicken” are animō, vīvificō, excitō; also incitō. 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.