English → Latin
“extraordinary” in Latin
extrāōrdināriusextraordinary; supplementaryinūsitātusunusual, uncommon, extraordinaryīnsolitusunaccustomed; unusualīnsolēnsunusual; contrary to custom or one’s own custom; arrogant, haughty, insolentnovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recentinaudītusunheard of; novel, newincrēdibilisunbelievable, incrediblerārusscattered; far apart; seldom; few; rare; uncommonsingulārissingular, unique, unusual; alone, single, solitary; nonpareil, peerless, unequalled. unmatched, exceptionalmīruswonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, miraculous
The English word extraordinary itself goes back to Latin exter, through extrāōrdinārius.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
extraordinary
extraordinarius (that happens against the regular order and established form): inusitatus: insolitus: insolens: non vulgaris (unusual, uncommon): novus: inauditus: novus et inauditus (new and never before heard of): incredibilis (incredible): rarus: singularis (rare, sing. in its kind): mirus: mirificus (wonderful, astonishing, remarkable, in a good and bad sense): insignis (distinguished): summus (very great). ☞ Often by extra ordinem. The extraordinary expectations we entertain of you, spem, quam extra ordinem, etc., de te habemus (Cic.; so extra ordinem alicui bellum committere, provinciam decernere, etc.). An extraordinary ambassador, *legatus extra ordinem missus: an extraordinary member or associate, *extra ordinem societati ascriptus: extraordinary honors, *honores solito majores: to impose an extraordinary burden, extra ordinem imperare alicui aliquid: extraordinary enjoyment, incredibilis voluptas: extraordinary desire of anything, mirum alicujus rei desiderium: extraordinary love, singularis or incredibilis amor: extraordinary mental power, divina vis ingenii: an extraordinary speaker, divinus in dicendo; praecipuus eloquentia. Africanus, extraordinary both as a man and as a general, Africanus, singularis et vir et imperator: to possess extraordinary talents, plus in aliquo est ingenii, quam videtur humana natura ferre posse. Extraordinary virtue, exsuperantia virtutis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for extraordinary?
- The usual Latin words for “extraordinary” are extrāōrdinārius, inūsitātus, īnsolitus; also īnsolēns, novus, inaudītus. 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.