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“conspicuous” in Latin
cōnspicuusvisible; striking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable (attracting attention)exprimōto squeeze out; to press (out); to express; to imitate or copyaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear; to make visible, discover, show, reveal, lay open; to unclose, open, break manifestuscaught in the act, plainly guilty; detected in the act, flagrant, plain; obvious, self-evidentnotābilisnotable, remarkable, extraordinary, memorablenotōto mark, make a mark; to write, especially in shorthand; to write remarks or notesīnsignea distinguishing mark, emblem, badge; an ensign, an honour, a badge of honour; a coat of armsīnsigniōto mark; to distinguishcōnspiciōto see, watch, observe, perceive, catch sight of, look at with admiration or close attention, gaze upon, contemplate, bemīruswonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, miraculous
The English word conspicuous itself goes back to Latin cōnspiciō, through conspicuus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conspicuous
obvious to the sight, conspicuus: oculis subjectus (obvious to the sight): expressus (clearly discernible; e.g., traces, vestiges, vestigia: marks, indicia): apertus (lying openly before one’s eyes, opposed to occultus): manifestus (plain, palpable, evident; opposed to latens, occultus): to be conspicuous, ante oculos positum esse: apertum esse: apparere (general term). [Vid: also, CLEAR.]
Unusual, remarkable, notabilis or notandus: insignis: insignitus: conspicuus or conspiciendus (that will draw upon itself the eyes of people; Vid: Bremi, Suet., Oct., 45): mirus (strange, odd, extraordinary): a conspicuous dress or costume, dissentiens a ceteris habitus: conspicuous from one’s dress, cultu notabilis: to be conspicuous, esse notabilem (remarkable, of persons and things): conspici: conspicuum esse (to draw upon itself the eyes of the public; e.g., by its extravagant nature, of persons and things, Vid: Bremi., Nep., Att., 13, 5, and Suet., Oct., 45).
Eminent, insignis: praestans: clarus: nobilis. egregius: excellens: eximius, [SYN. in DISTINGUISHED], Vid: EMINENT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conspicuous?
- The usual Latin words for “conspicuous” are cōnspicuus, exprimō, aperiō; also manifestus, notābilis, notō. 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.