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“suffering” in Latin
perpessiōbearing, suffering, enduringtŏlĕrātĭoa bearingdolorpain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow; indignation, resentment, anger, fury, vengeanceaegritūdōillness, sickness; grief, sorrowmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, mcalamitāsloss, damage, harm; misfortune, calamity, disaster; military defeatperpetiorto endure (bear steadfastly), put up with, stand; to dare, venture, resist with courage and firmness
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
suffering s.
Act of enduring, perpessio (☞ passio is quite unclassical): toleratio (Cic., Fin., 2, 29, 94; both with a genitive of the thing suffered).
Pain, grief, dolor (bodily): aegritudo (mental): ☞ Later writers use aegritudo also of bodily suffering (Ramsh.) [Vid: PAIN].
Misfortune, malum. Sufferings, res adversae; mala; calamitas: to be involved in sufferings, in res adversas incidere: to endure sufferings, mala ferre, perpeti: to bring sufferings upon anyone, mala alicui inferre; aliquem calamitate afficere (of things).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for suffering?
- The usual Latin words for “suffering” are perpessiō, tŏlĕrātĭo, dolor; also aegritūdō, malus, calamitās. 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.