English → Latin
“correctness” in Latin
vereorto have respect for, revere, stand in awe; to be afraid, fear; dreadēlegānsfine, elegant, handsome; tasteful; fastidious, criticalaccūrātiōaccuracy, exactness, carefulnessconveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to court
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
correctness
*justa ratio (proper order, proportion, or quality): veritas (truth): elegantia (in the choice of words and phrases): accuratio (studied correctness, very rare; Cic., Brut., 67, 238): often by circumlocution: to doubt the correctness of an account (= bill), *dubitare, num ratio constet or conveniat: to doubt the correctness of a statement, *fidem narrationis in dubium vocare; *dubitare, num vera narrentur: correctness of style, integritas sermonis (Cic.); oratio emendata, compta, etc. [Vid: PURE]: sermo accuratus.
Correctness of life and conversation, recti mores; vita honesta; vita emendatior. Vid: under CORRECT, adjective.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for correctness?
- The usual Latin words for “correctness” are vereor, ēlegāns, accūrātiō; also conveniō. 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.