English → Latin
“suppress” in Latin
opprimōto press down upon; to suppress; to take by surprise; to capturecomprimōto compress (squeeze together); to restrain, contain, repress or curb, hinder, check; to withhold or conceal evidences oreprimōto repress; to check, prevent or restrainsupprimōto press down or under, suppress; to detain or restrain, suppress; to sinkexstinguōto quench, extinguish, put out; to destroy, kill, slay, abolishtumultusan uproar; bustle, violent commotion, disturbance, tumult; turmoil, panic; a storm, tempest, thunderclap; a sudden outbr
The English word suppress itself goes back to Latin sub, through suppressus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
suppress
opprimere: comprimere: reprimere (more or less): supprimere: exstinguere (entirely), aliquid. To suppress a rebellion, comprimere seditionem, tumultum: to suppress a rumor, rumorem exstinguere (Cic.): the report was suppressed from fear of the king, suppressa fama est propter metum regis (Liv., 5, 1): to suppress the truth, veritatem deprimere (Ov.): to suppress grief, aegritudinem supprimere (Cic.): to suppress tears, laughter, sighs, anger, lacrimas or fletum, risum, gemitus, iracundiam, reprimere: suppressed laughter, refrenatus risus (Varr., ap. Non., 456, 9): to suppress books, a name, reprimere libros (Suet.); nomen alicujus (Tac., Hist., 2, 96).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for suppress?
- The usual Latin words for “suppress” are opprimō, comprimō, reprimō; also supprimō, exstinguō, tumultus. 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.