English → Latin
“categorically” in Latin
simplexsingle; simple, plain, uncompounded; pure, unmixedabsolvōto release, discharge; to loosen from, make loose, detach, untie; to pay offadiūnctiōjoining, union, conjunction; addition; limitation, qualification (additional)dēfīniōto bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting; to terminate, finishdisertusskilled in speaking, eloquent
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
categorically
simpliciter: absolute: sine exceptione or adjunctione: definite (with a full statement of particulars; opposed to generatim): diserte (expressly, in erpress words: disertia verbis, wrong). To answer categorically, sine ulla dubitatione respondere. To speak categorically, presse dicere (so as to keep close to the point; opposed to ample dicere, Cic..).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for categorically?
- The usual Latin words for “categorically” are simplex, absolvō, adiūnctiō; also dēfīniō, disertus. 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.