English → Latin
“chimerical” in Latin
fingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough); to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle; to adorn, dress, arrangecommentīciusinvented, devised, fabricated; imaginary; fictitiousinānisempty, void, hollow; vain; purposeless, meaningless, worthless, useless, fruitless, empty, idlevānusvain, empty, vacant, void; unsubstantial; groundless, baseless, meaningless, pointless, worthless, ineffectual, mindlessportentōsusfull of monstersmōnstruōsusstrange, preternatural, monstrous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chimerical
fictus: commenticius (invented): inanis: vanus (only existing in the imagination): portentosus: monstruosus (strange, adventurous in general).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chimerical?
- The usual Latin words for “chimerical” are fingō, commentīcius, inānis; also vānus, portentōsus, mōnstruōsus. 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.