English → Latin
“daughter” in Latin
fīliadaughter; any female offspringpuellagirl, lass, maiden (female child); sweetheart, mistress, beloved maiden; young woman, young wifevirgōa maiden, maid; an unmarried young woman or girl (typically nubile, i.e., of marriageable age and social status); a virgiuvenisA youth, a young man, young woman, young adult (between ages 20-40), (older than an adulescens but younger than a seniorfīliolusyoung son
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
daughter
filia (opposed to filius): puella; virgo (opposed to puer, juvenis): the daughter of anybody, ex aliquo nata (☞ but not mea, tua nata): the master’s daughter, filia herilis (with reference to the servants); filia familias (with reference to her being still under age, and, therefore, under her father’s power): little daughter, filiola or (if very little) filiola admodum parva: daughter’s son, ex filia Nep.: daughters daughter, ex filia neptis: my, thy, his, ex filia mea, tua, sua Nep. or neptis: daughter’s children, ex filia nepotes: daughter’s husband, gener. daughter-in-law, nurus.
FIG., quasi alumna quaedam: the Latin language is the daughter of the Greek, *lingua Latina e Graeca nata est.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for daughter?
- The usual Latin words for “daughter” are fīlia, puella, virgō; also iuvenis, fīliolus. 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.