English → Latin
“enigmatically” in Latin
perplexusentangled, involved, intricate, confused; unintelligible, complicated, intricate, inscrutable, ambiguous; dark, obscureambiguusgoing two ways, hither and thither, moving from side-to-side; hybrid; changing, fluctuating, waveringloquorto say, speak, tell, talk, utter; to declare, speak, or state more formally as in a legal context or in defense of someorespondeōto reply, answer, respond; to offer or present in return; to measure up
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
enigmatically
perplexe (e.g., loqui): ambigue (e.g., respondere, Aurel. Vict.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for enigmatically?
- The usual Latin words for “enigmatically” are perplexus, ambiguus, loquor; also respondeō. 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.