English → Latin
“dowager” in Latin
viduusdestitute, deprived; widowed, bereavedIūstīnusa male given name, feminine equivalent Iūstīna, equivalent to Koine Greek Ἰουστῖνος (Ioustînos) or English Justin; Justi
The English word dowager itself goes back to Latin dōs, through dōtō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dowager
vidua, cui dos (a marito) legata est (after Instit. Justinus, si uxori maritus dotem legaverit, 2, 20, 1.5): *vidua, cui annuum relictum est (after si cui annuum relictum fuerit, Ulp., Dig., 33, 1, 14), or, from context, vidua only.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dowager?
- The usual Latin words for “dowager” are viduus, Iūstīnus. 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.