English → Latin
“beneath” in Latin
lāmentorto lament; to bewailnihilnothing; nothing; nihil or nil + the enclitic particle -ne, nihilne or nilne — more emphatic in a negative sense, a strocommittōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to begin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
beneath
To think anything beneath one, aliquid infra se positum arbitrari; aliquid infra se esse judicare. (The words are found in this connection and order), aliquid despicere atque infra se positum arbitrari (to despise it as beneath one’s notice). To think anything beneath anybody, aliquid infra alicujus officium existimare (Quint., to think it too low to be his duty). Thinking it beneath them to, etc., inferius majestate sua rati (e.g., lamentari). To do nothing that is beneath one, nihil, quod ipso sit indignum, committere. Anything seems beneath me, aliquid infra dignitatem meam positum videtur. Vid: BELOW.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for beneath?
- The usual Latin words for “beneath” are lāmentor, nihil, committō. 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.