English → Latin
“cumbersome, cumbrous” in Latin
gravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hardonerōsusburdensome, heavy, oppressive; onerous, irksomemolestustroublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying, tiresomeincommodusinconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, unseasonable; troublesome, disagreeableinīquusunjust, unfair; unequal, uneven; unfavourable, disadvantageousdūrushard; rough; harsh; hardy; vigorousoperōsuspainstaking; active, busy, industrious; laboriouslabōriōsuslaborious, toilsome, demanding; industrious, hard-working
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cumbersome, cumbrous
gravis (heavy; burdensome): onerosus (poetically, and post-classical, prose): molestus: incommodus: iniquus (inconvenient, incommodious): inhabilis prope magnitudinis (so large as to be almost unmanageable, Liv., ; so inhabilis pondere, Curt.): the cumbersome bulk of their huge bodies, inhabilis vastorum corporum moles (of elephants; Curt.): durus (heavy in expression; of a verse, etc.): operosus: laboriosus (laborious; troublesome): dirficilis. (The words are found in this connection and order.) gravis et incommodus; laboriosus molestusque.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cumbersome, cumbrous?
- The usual Latin words for “cumbersome, cumbrous” are gravis, onerōsus, molestus; also incommodus, inīquus, dūrus. 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.