English → Latin
“relief” in Latin
levātiōelevation (act of raising); alleviation, mitigation, reliefallevātiōa raising up, lifting; an alleviating, assuagingmītigātiōsoftening, soothing; mitigating, mitigationlevāmenalleviation, mitigation; solace, consolationlevāmentumAn alleviation, mitigation, consolationallevāmentummitigation; relief, alleviationlaxāmentumrelaxation, respite, alleviation; laxity, indulgencedēlēnīmentuma charm, blandishment, allurement, enticementfōmentumA warm application, lotion, compress or poultice, fomentation.; Kindling-wood, touchwood, tinder.; A remedy, lenitive, mauxiliumhelp, aid, assistance, relief; antidote, remedy
The English word relief itself goes back to Latin levō, through relevo.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
relief
Alleviation, levatio: allevatio: mitigatio (as act or thing; relief administered): levamen, levamentum, allevamentum (as thing; relief received): laxamentum (some remission that falls to one’s lot): delenimentum (not Cic., or Caes.): medicina alicujus rei (remedy for it): fomentum (a soothing application; fomenta dolorum, Cic.). To cause or bring with it some relief, habere levationem alicujus rei (e.g., aegritudinum); levationi or levamento esse: to find or seek for some relief, levationem in venire alicui rei (e.g., doloribus).
(In military language)(In military language), (1) *obsidionis liberatio (from blockade): auxilium, subsidium (help, succor). To come to the relief of, auxilio venire; subsidio proficisci (☞ not suppetias ferre, ire, proficisci, venire, advenire, accurrere, in the best writers). (2) Troops which come for succor, auxilia, -orum, n.; auxilia subsidiaria, -orum, neuter; subsidiae: to send relief, mittere, submittere, auxilium.
(In a painting)(In a painting), sublimitas (in pictura, Plin.): eminentia (Cic.): asperitas. [Vid: CONTRAST.]
Relievo, opus caelatum, caelatura (but perhaps this is = chasing): toreuma (toreutice seems to have been the art of working in relief PROP. so called): a work in relief, anaglyphum; in bas-relief, protypum; in full relief, ectypum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for relief?
- The usual Latin words for “relief” are levātiō, allevātiō, mītigātiō; also levāmen, levāmentum, allevāmentum. 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.