English → Latin
“wean” in Latin
īnfānsspeechless, inarticulate; newborn; childish, foolishfētusa bearing, birth, bringing forth; offspring, young, progeny; fruit, product; bearing, produce
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wean
PROP., a matre or ab ubere matris depellere (fetum): auferre uberibus fetum or infantem: infantem a mammā disjungere: infantem lacte depellere (☞ not ablactare, late).
Figuratively, detrahere alicui alicujus rei consuetudinem: a consuetudine alicujus rei aliquem abducere (from a custom): dedocere aliquem aliquid (to cause to forget). To wean one’s self from anything, desuefieri are; a consuetudine alicujus rei recedere (to leave off a custom); dediscere aliquid (to forget anything); consuetudinem aliquem deponere: to wean one’s affections from anything, animum a re abstrahere. Vid: also, ALIENATE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wean?
- The usual Latin words for “wean” are īnfāns, fētus. 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.