English → Latin
“vex” in Latin
moveōto move, stir, set in motion; to disturb, shake, remove; to arouse, excite, promote, producecommoveōto move something in violent motion, move; shake, stir, shift, agitate; to remove something from somewhere, carry away,
The English word vex itself goes back to Latin vexō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
vex
Transitively, stomachum alicui facere or movere: indignationem alicui movere (to render indignant): bilem alicui movere or commovere: irritare aliquem or alicujus iram (to make angry): pungere aliquem (sensibly to grieve or mortify): offendere aliquem (to offend, displease anybody; also of things). Something vexes me, aliquid mihi stomacho est; aliquid aegre fero; aliquid mihi molestum est; aliquid me pungit; aliquid male me habet (☞ not nihil aegrius factum est, quam ut, which means “it was with the utmost difficulty that;” Vid: Cic., Verr., 2, 4, 65). These things vexed me more than they did Quintus himself, haec mihi majori stomacho quam ipsi Quinto fuerunt. To be vexed, indignari: stomachari: commoveri dolore: irasci: to be very much vexed, dolore or ira exardescere: dolore or ira incensum esse: to be vexed at anything, indignari or stomachari aliquid: irasci propter aliquid: moleste, segre, indigne ferre aliquid; very much, dirumpi aliqua re: discruciari: to be vexed with anybody, cum aliquo stomachari: alicui irasci. Intransitively, piget or taedet me alicujus rei: male me habet aliquid: aegre habeo or patior aliquid: moleste, graviter, or aegre fero aliquid: sollicitudinem habere: in sollicitudine esse: aegritudinem suscipere: aegritudine affici; about anything, laborare, sollicitum esse de re: afflictari de re (Cic.); anxium et sollicitum me habet aliquid; about anybody, aegritudinem suscipere propter aliquem :
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for vex?
- The usual Latin words for “vex” are moveō, commoveō. 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.