English → Latin
“soothe” in Latin
mītigōto make soft, ripe, or tender; to mitigate, make mild, tame, pacifylēniōto soften, soothe; to mollify, assuage, appease, pacifymolliōto soften, make soft, make calm, moderate, mitigate, mollify; to make unmanly or effeminatepermulceōto touch or rub gently, stroke, caress; to soften; to charm, please, flatter, delightplācōto appease; to placate, pacify, assuage, soothe, calm, quiet; to reconcilesēdōto allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease; to end, stop or stay
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
soothe
aliquem or alicujus animum placare (to pacify, calm): mitigare (to moderate, alleviate): lenire or delinire (to soften, make less painful or disagreeable). (The words are found in this connection and order.) alicujus animum lenire et placare, placare et mitigare. To soothe one’s anger, alicujus iram lenire, mollire, permulcere, placare, sedare: to soothe pain, dolorem mitigare: to soothe grief, levare luctum. Vid: also, ALLEVIATE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for soothe?
- The usual Latin words for “soothe” are mītigō, lēniō, molliō; also permulceō, plācō, sēdō. 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.