English → Latin
“cleanness” in Latin
munditiacleanness, cleanliness; neatness, tidiness, elegance, finenessmunditiēscleanness, eleganceintegritāssoundness; integrity, blamelessness; chastitycastitāspurity; morality; chastitysānctitāsinviolability, sacredness, sanctity; holiness, virtue, piety, integrity, honour, chastityabstineōto abstain; to keep, stay off or away, hold at a distance, avoid; to allow, let
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cleanness
munditia: mundities: (puritas does not occur in the best prose).
Moral purity, integritas (unspotted character): castitas (chastity): sanctitas (holiness). The clianness uf anybody’s hands, abstinentia (= alieno abstinere; nulla re conciliare facilius benevolentiam multitudinis possunt ii, qui reipublicae praesuut, quam abstinentia et continentia).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cleanness?
- The usual Latin words for “cleanness” are munditia, munditiēs, integritās; also castitās, sānctitās, abstineō. 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.