English → Latin
“envious” in Latin
invidusenvious; hostile, inimicalinvideōto look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil eye uponlīvidusleaden, bluish, blue; black and blue, livid; making livid, that is deadlymalignuswicked, malicious, stingy; spiteful; malignant, malign
The English word envious itself goes back to Latin invidus, through invidiōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
envious
invidus: invidens: lividus: alienis incrementis inimicus: malignus [Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for envious?
- The usual Latin words for “envious” are invidus, invideō, līvidus; also 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.