English → Latin
“creative” in Latin
effectīvuscreative; productive, effectivesollersskilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert; ingenious, sagacious, clever, intelligent, inventiveingeniōsussuperior in intellect, gifted with genius; intellectual, clever, ingenious; apt, fit for, adapted toeffectiōachievement, accomplishment; doing, performing
The English word creative itself goes back to Latin creō, through creativus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
creative
effectivus (Quint.): sollers: ingeniosus (of an inventive mind): a creative mind, sollertia: creative power, effectio (Cic., Acad., 1, 2, 6): creative nature, rerum natura creatrix (Lucr.): every thing was brought into being by the creative power of nature, omnia sunt opera sollertis naturae: nature seems here to have taxed her creative powers to the utmost, in hoc natura, quid efficere possit, videtur experta.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for creative?
- The usual Latin words for “creative” are effectīvus, sollers, ingeniōsus; also effectiō. 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.