English → Latin
“exorbitant” in Latin
nimiusexcessive, too great, too much; beyond measureimmānisimmense, enormous, huge, vast; brutal, inhuman, frightful, savageingēnshuge, vast, enormous; immoderate, exorbitant; extraordinary, unnaturaleffundōto pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off; to pour, drive, cast or send out, shower, discharge; to give oneself up to,profundōto pour forth, to lavish; to prostrate; to squanderimmoderātusmeasureless, immeasurable; unrestrained, unbridled, excessive, immoderateimmodicusexcessive, beyond measure; immoderate, unrestrained, extravagantimpotēnsPowerless, weak, feeble, impotent, helpless, puny.; Unable to control, having no power over; incapable of.; Unbridled, uintemperānsunrestrained, intemperate; licentiousimmodestusunrestrained, excessive, shameless
The English word exorbitant itself goes back to Latin orbita, through exorbitāns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exorbitant
nimius: immanis (e.g., pecuniae, magnitudo, etc.); ingens (very great; e.g., pecunia). (The words are found in this connection and order.) ingens immanisque: effusus: profusus (e.g., laetitia, sumtus): immoderatus (e.g., cupiditates: luxuria): immodicus (libido possidendi): impotens (laetitia, . postulatum; also, in anything, alicujus rei): intemperans (e.g., licentia; but especially of persons): immodestus (e.g., laus): effrenatus (e.g., audacia: cupiditas: libido) [SYN. in IMMODERATE.] To make an exorbitant demand, immodeste postulare.
Anomalous, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exorbitant?
- The usual Latin words for “exorbitant” are nimius, immānis, ingēns; also effundō, profundō, immoderātus. 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.