English → Latin
“envier” in Latin
invideōto look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil eye uponinvidusenvious; hostile, inimicallīvidusleaden, bluish, blue; black and blue, livid; making livid, that is deadlyobtrectōto disparage, underrate, decry; to thwartmalignuswicked, malicious, stingy; spiteful; malignant, malign
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
envier
invidens or invidus: lividus: obtrectator: malignus [SYN. in ENVY]. Obs. fem. invida, etc., obtrectatrix.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for envier?
- The usual Latin words for “envier” are invideō, invidus, līvidus; also obtrectō, malignus. 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.