English → Latin
“bold” in Latin
audeōto dare, venture, risk; to be eager for battleaudāxbold, audacious, daring; presumptuousimpavidusfearless, undaunted, intrepidintrepidusfearless, unshaken, undaunted, intrepidfīdōto trust, put confidence in; to rely upontemerāriusaccidental; casual, rash, heedless; recklessimpudēnsshameless, without shame, arrogant, impudent; not ashamed of immoral behaviorimpudīcusshameless, impudent; unchaste, impure, immodest, immoral, lewdprocāxbold, brash, shameless, impudent, insolent, forward, pert, saucy, wantonprotervusviolent, vehement; reckless, wanton, shameless, impudent; audacious
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bold
audens (in any one instance, and only in a good sense): audax (permanently, and in a good or bad sense, mostly in the latter): impavidus. intrepidus; fidens (confident, assured): confideus (confident, in a bad sense): temerarius (rash): impudens, impudicus (without shame or modesty): procax, protervus (forward, in a noisy, troublesome, reckless way; procax especially in words, protervus in actions): petulans (attacking others with raillery, etc., without any consideration): lascivus (forward, from high animal spirits; also, wanton). Bold (in language), procax lingua. Bold (language, sermo procax or procaciter ortus.
Projecting, prominentior. Very bold, summae audaciae, singulari audacia. A bold poet, poeta andax: thought, sententia audax: metaphor, verbum audacins or altius translatum. To be bold (to say, etc.), andere (with infinitive). You are a bold beggar, satis audacter petis. A bold brow, os ferreum: a bold fellow, homo perfrictae frontis (both in a bad sense).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bold?
- The usual Latin words for “bold” are audeō, audāx, impavidus; also intrepidus, fīdō, temerārius. 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.