English → Latin
“strengthen” in Latin
rōborōto strengthen; to invigorate, to restorecorrōborōto make strong, strengthen, invigorate, corroborate, reinforce, fortify; to corroborate, support, encourage, fortify, stfirmōto make firm, strengthen, harden, fortify; to say, affirm, assert; to reinforce the couragecōnfirmōto make firm, establish, re-establish, strengthen, fortify, mature, confirm; to encourage, animate, embolden; persuade; laborwork; labor, toil, exertion; hardship, trouble, fatigue, suffering, drudgery, distressreficiōto make again, make anew; remake, renew, rebuild, reconstruct; to restore, repair, fix, refit; to reappoint, re-elect
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
strengthen
roborare: corroborare: firmare: confirmare. To strengthen the body by food or exercise, corpus firmare cibo (Liv.), labore (Cic.); exercitatio corpus robustum facit (Quint., 5, 10, 82): to strengthen the nerves, nervos confirmare (Caes.): to strengthen the memory, memoriam confirmare (Cic., Quint.): to strengthen the stomach, stomachum corroborare: to strengthen one’s self, se corroborare or reficere; vires reficere: a strengthening medicine, *remedium quod valetudinem confirmat, or quod valetudini firmandae, corroborandae adhibetur (☞ not firmamentum in this sense): to strengthen by arguments or witnesses, confirmare, with or without rationibus or argumentis; probare; comprobare (to declare to others as true, valid, or fit): by anything, aliqua re: by examples, exemplis comprobare, firmare, affirmare, confirmare (to strengthen the truth of anything); fidem alicui rei addere (to add confirmation or credit to anything).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for strengthen?
- The usual Latin words for “strengthen” are rōborō, corrōborō, firmō; also cōnfirmō, labor, reficiō. 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.