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“courageous” in Latin
animōsusspirited; full of air, airy; full of life, alive, living, animatedfortisstrong, powerful; firm, resolute, steadfast, stout; courageous, braveferōxwild, bold, fierce; defiant, arrogantācersharp, sour, bitter, pungent; keen, sharp, acute, sagacious; energetic, active, vigorousalacerlively; brisk; quick; eager; active; peppy; excited; glad; happy; cheerfulstrēnuusbrisk, nimble, quick, prompt, active; vigorous, strenuousimpavidusfearless, undaunted, intrepidaudāxbold, audacious, daring; presumptuous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
courageous
animosus (bold to act in dangerous circumstances from an energetic spirit confident in its strength; opposed to timidus): fortis (brave, relating to a manly strength, both to act and to suffer; opposed to ignavus). (The words are found in this connection and order), fortis et animosus: ferox (possessing natural, wild courage to rush into battle or face danger; especially a proper word of savages and wild beasts): animo promptus; also promptus only (ready to dare and do): acer: alacer (active and spirited to face danger, or take measures to prevent it): strenuus (resolute, opposed to ignavus): impavidus (intrepid; opposed to pavidus): audax (bold). To be not so courageous as another person, animo esse inferiorem: to wax courageous, alacriorem fieri ad rem gerendam; animum erigere or tollere: he waxed courageous, accessit alicui animus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for courageous?
- The usual Latin words for “courageous” are animōsus, fortis, ferōx; also ācer, alacer, strēnuus. 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.