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“barbarity” in Latin
barbariaforeign country; barbarity, barbarism; brutalityimmānitāsimmensity, vastness, excess; monstrousness, enormity, fierceness, cruelty, barbarism, savageness, inhumanity, frightfulncrūdēlitāscruelty, severitysaevitiaA raging; rage, ferocity, fierceness, fury.; Violence, savageness, savagery, cruelty, severity.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
barbarity
barbaria; barbaries (rudeness and ignorance): immanitas, crudelitas, saevitia (cruelty): to cure anybody of barbarity, aliquem mansuefacere atque excolere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for barbarity?
- The usual Latin words for “barbarity” are barbaria, immānitās, crūdēlitās; also saevitia. 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.