English → Latin
“filth, filthiness” in Latin
sordēsdirt, filth, squalor; meanness, stinginess, niggardliness; humiliationsquālorstiffness, roughness; dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, squalorpaedornastiness, filth, dirt; stink, stenchsinōto let; to permit; to allow; to put; to lay; to set downcaenumdirt, filth, mud, mireilluviēsfilth; overflowing, inundation (post-classical)pūrgāmentumsweepings, offscourings, filth, dirtlīmōto sharpen; to file, file off; to polish, finishcēnōto dine, eat dinner, sup; to be served; to pass the night in feasts
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
filth, filthiness
sordes (opposed to splendor; the result of indigence, or niggardliness and vulgarity; e.g., of clothes dirty from long wear, ῥύπος): squalor (opposed to nitor, through want of civilized habits, and of delicacy of feeling, etc.; e.g., uncombed hair, αὐχμός): paedor (opposed to munditiae, through neglect of the person; e.g., through paediculos, vermin, itch, etc., πίνος): situs (opposed to usus; in consequence of long disuse; e.g., through mould, rust, etc., ἄζη). - lutum (mud or dirt of streets, roads, etc.; i. e., earth and water): coenum (mire, mud, as defiling and disgusting): illuvies (heaped up dirt, etc., that has gradually collected, and become a large offensive mass): purgamentum (offscourings, foul water, etc.). Covered with filth, oblitus luto, limo, coeno; obsitus sordibus, squalore, paedore; squalore sordidus; paedore horridus: to be covered with filth, situ squalere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for filth, filthiness?
- The usual Latin words for “filth, filthiness” are sordēs, squālor, paedor; also sinō, caenum, illuviēs. 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.