English → Latin
“almost” in Latin
propenear, nearby, nigh, close; close in time; almost, nearlypaenealmost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barelyferuswild, savage, fierce, cruel; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed, roughfermēclosely, quite, entirely, fully, altogether, just; in general, generally, usually, commonly, for most of the timepropemodumnearly, almost
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
almost
prope, paene (almost, nearly, but not quite): fere, ferme (with omnes, etc.: prope, paene, make a positive assertion; fere, ferme, decline doing this; it being either enough for the speaker’s purpose, or all that his knowledge allows him to do, to state that the assertion is at least approximately or generally true): tantum non (μόνον οὐ, ὀλίγου δεῖ: an elliptical form used by Liv. and later writers = “only this is wanting, that not,” etc.): propemodum (what is not far removed from the right measure: “almost what it should be”). When, almost = “within a little,” it may be translated by haud multum or non longe afuit, quin, etc. (not ut); prope erat or factum est, ut, etc.: propius nihil factum est, quam ut. etc. I almost believe, non longe abest (not absum) quin credam: the left wing was almost defeated, prope erat ut sinistrum cornu pelleretur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for almost?
- The usual Latin words for “almost” are prope, paene, ferus; also fermē, propemodum. 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.