English → Latin
“absolute” in Latin
absolvōto release, discharge; to loosen from, make loose, detach, untie; to pay offperficiōto finish, complete; to perfect; to carry out, execute, performsimplexsingle; simple, plain, uncompounded; pure, unmixedīnfīnītusboundless, unlimited, endless; infinitesuperusabove, upper, higher
The English word absolute itself goes back to Latin ab, through absolūtus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
absolute
complete, absolutus, perfectus. (The words are found in this connection and order), absolutus et perfectus; perfectus atque absolutus: expletus et perfectus: perfectus cumulatusque; perfectus completusque: perfectus expletusque omnibus suis numeris et partibus.
Unconditional, simplex: absolutus, mostly together; simplex et absolutus (opposed to cum adjunctione: e.g., necessity, necessitudo, Cic.). To pay absolute obedience, alicui sine ulla exceptione parere.
Unlimited, infinitus (not terminated): summus (the highest). Absolute power, infinita or summa potestas. Absolute sovereignty, imperium summum, cum dominatu unius omnia tenentur; qunm principis arbitrium, or libido regis, pro legibus est (Vid: Justinus, 1, 1, 2, and 2. 7, 3): dominatio. Absolute necessity, summa or extrema necessitas.
Not relative, considered in itself, simpliciter et ex sua vi ccmsideratus (Vid: Cic., Inv., 2, 33, 103). THE ABSOLUTE, in philsophy, id quod semper est simplex et aniusmodi, et tale, quale est.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for absolute?
- The usual Latin words for “absolute” are absolvō, perficiō, simplex; also īnfīnītus, superus. 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.