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“decided” in Latin
dīiūdicōto decide or settle (a conflict); to adjudicate or judge; to distinguish (between) or discerndēcidōto fall down or off; collapse; drop, hang down; to die, fall dead; to sink, perishfirmusstrong, powerful; stable, firm; faithful, steadfast, truestabilisfirm, steadfast, steady, sure, stable, stationary (that stands firm); established, enduring, durable, immutable, lastingcōnstōto stand together; to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm; to agree, correspond, fitprōmōto take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to lightclārusclear, bright; renowned, famous, famed, distinguished, illustrious, celebrated, glorious; upstanding, respectedcertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved, determinedmanifestuscaught in the act, plainly guilty; detected in the act, flagrant, plain; obvious, self-evidentperspicuustransparent, clear; evident, manifest, perspicuous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
decided
dijudicatus (by a judicial sentence): decisus (e.g., quibus omnibus rebus actis atque decisis, Cic.: decisa negotia, Hor., ; jam decisa quaestio, Ulp.). Also, of course, by the participles of the other verbs under DECIDE: certus, exploratus (certain, ascertained; e.g., a decided victory, victoria certa or explorata): destinatus (defined, fixed; e.g., opinio, sententia): a decided opinion, stabilis certaque sententia (opposed to errans et vaga sententia, Cic.); certa destinataque sententia (Cic.): destinata opinio (Liv.): to give a decided opinion, *certam sententiam expromere: never to give a decided opinion, nullam rem aperte judicare.
As adjective, firm, resolute, firmus: stabilis: constans. (The words are found in this connection and order.) firmus et stabilis et constans: promptus (also with animi, or animo in Tac., ; ready; hence, vigorous, etc.): a decided character, animus promptus, certus. A person of decided character, qui nunquam inops est consilii (Liv.); *cui, quid consilii capiat, or quid faciat, semper promptum est (after Cic.): to be of a decided character, in rebus excogitandis promptum esse; in ipso negotio or ex tempore consilium capere (of the decision of character which can see what is to be done, and carry it out firmly).
Clear, unequivocal, clarus: certus: manifestus: perspicuus: evidens. The most decided proofs of his guilt, indicia atque argumenta certissima (Cic.): to be a decided proof, indicio esse (with subordinate clause; how, what, quam, qualis, etc.): to announce anything to anybody as decided, pro cerlo perscribere aliquid ad aliquem: a decided likeness, expressa effigies or imago.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for decided?
- The usual Latin words for “decided” are dīiūdicō, dēcidō, firmus; also stabilis, cōnstō, prōmō. 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.