English → Latin
“evident” in Latin
ēvidēnsapparent, visible, evident, manifest, plain, clearperspicuustransparent, clear; evident, manifest, perspicuousaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear; to make visible, discover, show, reveal, lay open; to unclose, open, break manifestuscaught in the act, plainly guilty; detected in the act, flagrant, plain; obvious, self-evidenttestorto be witness, testify, attest; to summon as a witness, call to witness, invoke, entreat, swear by, appeal to; to make anōscōto become acquainted with something, learn about it, to be aware of; to know, recognize, be acquainted with, i.e.; in pocognōscōto learn, to get to know; to be acquainted (with someone), recognize, apprehend; to know, perceive, understandcertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved, determinedplānuslevel, flat, even; intelligible, clearclārusclear, bright; renowned, famous, famed, distinguished, illustrious, celebrated, glorious; upstanding, respected
The English word evident itself goes back to Latin videō, through ēvidēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
evident
evidens: perspicuus, apertus, manifestus: testatus (shown, as it were, by witnesses): notus, cognitus (known): certus (certain): planus (intelligible, plain): clarus: lucidus: dilucidus: illustris (bright, lucid): It is evident, est perspicuum, planum, evidens, manifestum; apparet, in aperto est; lucet; liquet; perspicuum est omnibus. Evident marks of crime, expressa sceleris vestigia: to make evident, oculis subjicere; ante oculos ponere: he said that he would make it evident that, se planum facturum, etc. (infinitive).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for evident?
- The usual Latin words for “evident” are ēvidēns, perspicuus, aperiō; also manifestus, testor, nōscō. 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.