English → Latin
“complexity” in Latin
implicātiōentanglement; involvementperturbātiōconfusion; disturbance, disorder; commotionturbōto disturb, unsettle, agitate, perturb; to upsetconturbōto confuse, confound; to throw into confusion; to disturb, disquiet; to become bankrupt; to throw accounts into disarrayperturbōto confuse; to disturb or perturb, trouble or alarmcōnfundōto pour, mingle, stir up; to diffuse, suffuse, spread over; to unite, mix together, join, combine, mingleinconditusirregular, disordered, confused; uncouth, rudeimpediōto hinder, impede, prevent, obstruct, hamper, thwart; to embarrassperplexusentangled, involved, intricate, confused; unintelligible, complicated, intricate, inscrutable, ambiguous; dark, obscure
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
complexity
implicatio: perturbatio; but mostly by circumlocution with turbatus: conturbatus: perturbatus. confusus: (the words are found in this connexion and order.) perturbatus et confusus: inconditus. impeditus: perplexus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for complexity?
- The usual Latin words for “complexity” are implicātiō, perturbātiō, turbō; also conturbō, perturbō, cōnfundō. 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.