English → Latin
“anomalous” in Latin
ēnōrmisirregular, unusual; enormous, immenseanōmalosdeviating from the general rule, irregular, anomalous, abnormal, exceptionalvīcusrow of houses; street; quarter; neighbourhood; village; hamlet; municipal section or ward; farmincompositusdisorderly, disorganized; clumsyinūsitātusunusual, uncommon, extraordinary
The English word anomalous itself goes back to Latin anōmalos.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
anomalous
enormis (irregularly arranged or built; e.g., vicus, Tac., post-Augustan): anomalus (irregular as to declension or conjugation). Sometimes incompositus, inusitatus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for anomalous?
- The usual Latin words for “anomalous” are ēnōrmis, anōmalos, vīcus; also incompositus, inūsitātus. 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.