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“audaciousness, audacity” in Latin
audāxbold, audacious, daring; presumptuouscōnfīdō(+ Dative of the person and e + ablative of the thing or in/de + ablative) to be confident or assured of, confide in, betemeritāshap, chance, accident; rashness, thoughtlessness, temerityaudeōto dare, venture, risk; to be eager for battle
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
audaciousness, audacity
audacia: confidentia: temeritas (rashness). To hare the audacity to do anything, audere with infinitive: sumere hoc sibi, ut, etc. (of presumptuous audacity).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for audaciousness, audacity?
- The usual Latin words for “audaciousness, audacity” are audāx, cōnfīdō, temeritās; also audeō. 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.