English → Latin
“different” in Latin
variusdiverse, different, various, varied; manifold, changing, variable, complex; versatiledīversusopposite; separate, apart; diverse, differentdispārunlike, dissimilar, different, disparate, unequalimpārunequal; uneven; odd (numerically)dissimilisunlike, dissimilar, differentdisiungōto disjoin, disunite, separate, part, divide; to unharness, unyoke
The English word different itself goes back to Latin ferō, through differēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
different
varius (changeable, varying; of the same object): diversus (different, of several objects with respect to each other); in plur., (The words are found in this connection and order.) varii et diversi: dispar, impar, alicui rei (of size or greatness, unequal; dispar, partially different impar, wholly different); in plur., (The words are found in this connection and order.) diversi et impares: dissimilis, alicujus rei (in nature or quality, unlike); in plur., (The words are found in this connection and order.) dispares ac dissimiles: disjunctus (separate; especially of places): discrepans (not agreeing or accordant); plur., varii et discrepantes: alius (not the same, another). To be different, diversos esse; inter se differre or discrepare; to be of different opinions, dissentire; dissidere. The preposition de has a different signification in the same word, de praepositio in uno eodemque verbo diversitatem significationis capit: different pursuits, studia varia, disparia (Cic.): a different reading, *varia, discrepans lectio; *varietas lectionis: to mark the different readings of a manuscript, *discrepantes lectiones codicis notare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for different?
- The usual Latin words for “different” are varius, dīversus, dispār; also impār, dissimilis, disiungō. 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.