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“sensation” in Latin
sentiōto feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses); to perceive, be aware of, to be sensible of, to notice mentally, to unturbaturmoil, disorder, stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, hubbub, commotion, trouble, confusion, disarray, brawl; mob, crowdmoveōto move, stir, set in motion; to disturb, shake, remove; to arouse, excite, promote, produce
The English word sensation itself goes back to Latin sentiō, through sensus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sensation
PROP., Effect produced on the bodily organs, sensus. An agreeable sensation, corporis voluptas: a painful sensation, corporis dolor: to experience agreeable sensations, suaviter affici; from anything, aliqua re; voluptate quadam perfundi: anything occasions a painful sensation, dolore affici ex aliqua re; dolorem percipere ex aliqua re (Cic.): to have a sensation of anything, sentire aliquid; sensu alicujus rei commoveri: to be deprived of sensation, sensu carere; callus sensui obductus est (e.g., of a limb): to have no sensation of anything, aliqua re non moveri: to have no sensation whatever, omni sensu carere; omnes sensus exuisse: to have lost all sensation (of limbs, etc.), torpescere; obtorpescere; torpore hebetari (Valerius Max., 3, 8, extr. 6): to lose the sensation of anything, sensum alicujus rei amittere: no sensation remains in the body, in the soul, nullus residet in corpore or animo sensus: alls, ends with this life, pariter cum vita sensus amittitur; post mortem sensus nullus est; mors omnes omnino sensus aufert: when sensation is at an end, sensu perempto.
Figuratively, Emotion of the mind, animi motus.
Popular excitement, turbae, plur.; motus: to produce a sensation (of a person who is admired), cuivis injicere admirationem sui (Nep., Iph., 3): to create a sensation, turbas dare, facere, efficere
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sensation?
- The usual Latin words for “sensation” are sentiō, turba, moveō. 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.