English → Latin
“dishonorable” in Latin
inhonestusdishonorable; disgraceful; shamefulturpisugly, unsightly; foul, filthy; cacophonous, disagreeable; base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable, shameful, disgracefuīnfāmisdisreputable, notorious, infamousvulnuswound, injury; blow; incisionglōriōsusglorious, full of glory; famous, renowned; boasting, boastful, haughty, conceited, proud, eager for glory
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dishonorable
inhonestus (opposed to honestus; e.g. homo, vulnus, etc.): turpis (base, disgraceful; opposed to honestus: gloriosus): infamis (evil spoken of; infamous; all three of men or things): injustus atque inhonestus (e.g., nihil quod sit injustum atque inhonestum expetere, Cic.). A dishonorable action, factum dedecoris plenum: dishonorable flight, turpis fuga (in antithesis to gloriosa mors): to ask anything dishonorable, rogare rem turpem (Cic.). What can be more dishonorable than this? quid hoc turpius? quid foedius? a most dishonorable person, homo omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus, or turpissimus atque inhonestissimus: a very dishonorable source of gain, turpissimus quaestus; illiberalis et sordidus quaestus: a verg dishonorable method, sordidissima ratio et inquinatissima (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dishonorable?
- The usual Latin words for “dishonorable” are inhonestus, turpis, īnfāmis; also vulnus, glōriōsus. 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.