English → Latin
“restraint” in Latin
coërcitiōcoercion, restraint, repressionvolōto wish, to please; to want; to mean, to intendnecessitāsnecessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency; fate, destiny, inevitability; necessities, necessary things or emoderātiōmoderation; self-control; guidancetemperātiōtempering; regulation
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
restraint
coërcitio: vis (force): necessitas (restraint imposed by necessity): moderatio: temperatio (of things). To do anything from restraint, vi coactus aliquid facio: to use restraint with anybody, aliquem vi cogere; aliquem per vim adigere: to use restraint, vim adhibere. Without any restraint, non vi coactus: the right of restraint over anybody, coërcitio in aliquem (Vid: Suet., Oct., 45).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for restraint?
- The usual Latin words for “restraint” are coërcitiō, volō, necessitās; also moderātiō, temperātiō. 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.