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“spirited” in Latin
alacerlively; brisk; quick; eager; active; peppy; excited; glad; happy; cheerfulācersharp, sour, bitter, pungent; keen, sharp, acute, sagacious; energetic, active, vigorousvīvidusalive, animated; lively, vigorousvegetusenlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active, brisk, sprightlyvigeōto be vigorous or thriving; thrive, flourish; to be in honor, esteem or repute; prosper; to be alive, liveconcitōto rush; to rouse up, agitate, move violently, stir up, excite, disturb; to spur, impel, inciteanimōsusspirited; full of air, airy; full of life, alive, living, animated
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
spirited
alacer (brisk, lively, in body or mind): acer (full offire and energy): vividus (lively, energetic): vegetus (of the mind, lively, quick): vigens (fresh, strong, in body or mind): concitatus (impassioned): animosus (full of high courage; of men, of horses, Ov.). A spirited speech, oratio fervidior: a spirited orator, orator agens; calens in dicendo: to give a spirited account or representation of anything, alicujus rei imaginem exprimere quae veluti in rem praesentem perducere audientes videatur (after Quint. 4, 3, 123): a spirited contest, contentio acris; certamen acre (fight): the battle is spirited, fit pugna acri certamine.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for spirited?
- The usual Latin words for “spirited” are alacer, ācer, vīvidus; also vegetus, vigeō, concitō. 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.