English → Latin
“stifle” in Latin
spīritusair, breath, breathing; light breeze; spirit, ghoststrangulōto strangle, throttle; to choke, suffocate, smother; to torment, tortureopprimōto press down upon; to suppress; to take by surprise; to captureexstinguōto quench, extinguish, put out; to destroy, kill, slay, abolishmetusfear, dread, anxiety, apprehension; awe, reverenceangōto bind, draw, press together; to choke, throttle, strangle (replaced in Classical Latin by suffoco); to cause physical praeclūdōto close or block; to forbid access to
The English word stifle itself goes back to Latin stuppa, through *stuppāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stifle
PROP., suffocare aliquem (Cic.): intercludere alicui animam, spiritum (Liv.): interprimere alicui fauces (Plaut., Rud., 3, 2, 46): strangulare (to strangle).
Figuratively, opprimere: exstinguere. To stifle genius, exstinguere vires ingenii: fear, anguish, stifles the voice, metus, angor, praecludit, intercludit vocem.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stifle?
- The usual Latin words for “stifle” are spīritus, strangulō, opprimō; also exstinguō, metus, angō. 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.