English → Latin
“reduction” in Latin
reductiōA bringing back, a leading back.; A restoring, restoration.mĭnūtĭoa lessening, diminishingimminūtiōlessening, weakening, impairing, injuring; defloweringextenuātiōa thinning or diminishing, rarefaction; a lessening, diminution, extenuation; as a rhetorical figure, translating the Anlevātiōelevation (act of raising); alleviation, mitigation, reliefremissiōa sending back, release; a slackening, diminishing, abatement; relaxation, recreationexpugnātiōstorming; assaultveniōto come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach; of metaphorical movement in general; to approach
The English word reduction itself goes back to Latin dūcō, through reductio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
reduction
A bringing back, reductio: reportatio.
A diminishing, lessening, minutio: imminutio: extenuatio (in size or circumference): levatio (a lightening): remissio (a relaxation). To suffer a reduction in price, vilius fieri or venire [Vid: FALL].
A subduing, taking by storm, expugnatio; or by circumlocution with the verbs.
A rule in arithmetic, *reductio (technical term). Other meanings by circumlocution with verbs.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for reduction?
- The usual Latin words for “reduction” are reductiō, mĭnūtĭo, imminūtiō; also extenuātiō, levātiō, remissiō. 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.