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“treatment” in Latin
tractātiōhandling, management, treatment; conduct, behaviourcūracare, concern, thought; pains, industry, diligence, exertion; anxiety, grief, sorrowcūrātiōtreatment, care, operation (medical, surgical); administration, office (public)cōmitāspoliteness, courtesy; kindness, kindliness; friendliness, affabilityhūmānitāshumaneness, humane conduct, philanthropy, benevolence, kindliness; courtesy, politeness, good manners, social grace; refasperitāsunevenness, roughness; harshness, sharpness, acidity, tartness; severity, fierceness, asperitysaevitiaA raging; rage, ferocity, fierceness, fury.; Violence, savageness, savagery, cruelty, severity.lēniōto soften, soothe; to mollify, assuage, appease, pacifyindulgeōto be kind or courteous (to); to be inclined (to); give free rein (to); to give oneself up (to); to be addicted (to), incontumēliainsult, reproach, contumely, abuse, mistreatment; affront, invective; humiliation, injury; assault, violence
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
treatment
Usage, tractatio. Kind treatment, comitas; humanitas: harsh treatment, asperitas; saevitia (cruelty): mild, gentle treatment, lenitas; indulgentia (indulgent treatment): bad, shameful treatment, contumelia: unworthy treatment., indignitates (Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 2, 14): to receive good treatment from anyone, liberaliter ab aliquo haberi et coli.
Management, administration, tractatio: cura: curatio (e.g., curationem adhibere morbis, or admovere, to cure by treatment).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for treatment?
- The usual Latin words for “treatment” are tractātiō, cūra, cūrātiō; also cōmitās, hūmānitās, asperitās. 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.