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“distinguished” in Latin
clārusclear, bright; renowned, famous, famed, distinguished, illustrious, celebrated, glorious; upstanding, respectednōbilisnoble, high-born; distinct, able to be known, famous, celebrated; known, famous; acquainted, familiarēmineōto stand out, project, protrude; to be prominent, stand out in relief; to be or become conspicuous or prominent, stand oexcellōto elevate, raise up; to rise, elevate oneself; to exult, be elatedpraecellōto surpass, outdo; to excel (with per or ablative)praeclārusvery clear or bright; famous; noble, excellentpraestōto be preferable, better, coupled with quam; to be outstanding, be exceeding in something, to excel, stand out, be supereximiusselect, choice; special, particular, exceptional, remarkable, extraordinary; exemptēgregiusdistinguished, excellent, eminent; illustrious, honorableūnicusonly, sole, single; unique; uncommon
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
distinguished
clarus (by birth, station, riches, talents, and other external advantages; opposed to obscurus): nobilis (by merits; opposed to ignobilis): eminens: excellens: praecellens: praeclarus: praestans (are quiet expressions of excellence, superiority): eximius: egregius (are expressions of warmth, praise; egregius implying enthusiastic praise; eximius, admiration; all these are applied strictly to only good qualities, unless ironically): unicus: insignis: singularis (are indifferent, and may heighten praise as well as blame; Döderlein): a distinguished physician, medicus arte insignis: a very distinguished person, vir omnibus rebus ornatus or praecellens: a year distinguished by great events, annus magnis rebus insignis: the distinguished men in the state, lumina civitatis: in a distinguished manner, insigniter; egregie; eximie.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for distinguished?
- The usual Latin words for “distinguished” are clārus, nōbilis, ēmineō; also excellō, praecellō, praeclārus. 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.