English → Latin
“fine” in Latin
subtīlisfine, thin, slender; precise, accurate, keen; plain, unadorned, simpletenuisthin, slender, slim, lank; especially; fine, rare, thin; pure, clear, not coarse; weak, feeble, tenuousexīlissmall, thin, slender; lank, meagre, feeble, inadequate; of the sound l, palatalizedpūrusclear, limpid; clean; pureobryzusfine (of gold); refined; assayed, testedbellusbeautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable, charmingbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefulēgregiusdistinguished, excellent, eminent; illustrious, honorableeximiusselect, choice; special, particular, exceptional, remarkable, extraordinary; exemptpraeclārusvery clear or bright; famous; noble, excellent
The English word fine itself goes back to Latin fīnis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fine
Thin, subtilis (e.g., of things woven; not coarse, opposed; to crassus; e.g., thread, leather, flour, juice, etc.): tenuis (thin, not thick; opposed to crassus; e.g., wool, needle, garment, etc.): exilis (not strong, mostly with blame; indicating insufficiency, especially of the voice; Vid: Quint., 11, 3, 15).
Pure, purus (e.g., gold, silver, sugar, etc.): obryzus (that has been proved by fire, aurum, Vulg., 2 Chron., 3, 5; ☞ Petronius, 67, 6, Burmann.).
Of pleasing, striking exterior, etc., bellus. A fine shape, forma liberalis.
Ironically used; bonus (PROP. good, as it ought to be; but also ironically; e.g., a fine general indeed! bonus imperator! Vid: Heindorf, Hor., Sat., 2, 2, 1): egregius: eximius (distinguished; e.g., action, face, smell, etc.): praeclarus (grand, magnificent; e.g., deed; also ironically; e.g., a fine philosophy forsooth! praeclara sapientia!).
Miscellaneous constructions: the fine arts, artes elegantes: artes ingenuae, liberates: those are fine words, but nothing else, verba isthaec sunt: a fine opportunity, occasio maxime opportuna: a fine gentleman, homo ad unguem factus (satirically, as Hor., Sat., 1, 5, 32): homo omni vita atque victu excultus atque expolitus (with praise).
Acute, elegans (discerning acutely, with respect to the taste in which that discernment displays itself): subtilis (with reference to the acuteness of the mental faculties, by which the object is clearly conceived and distinguished from others): argutus (sharp, subtile): perspicax (penetrating): sagax (of fine smell; then also = seeing clearly): a fine ear, aures elegantes, eruditae, teretes: a fine distinction, tenue diserimen.
Cunning, callidus: versutus. [Vid: CUNNING.]
Splendid, magnificus (whatever is imposing, or has an imposing effect by its exterior; e.g., edifice, utensils, etc.): splendidus (lordly). (The words are found in this connection and order.) splendidus et magnificus: praeclarus (distinguished from the rest or all others of the kind). (The words are found in this connection and order.) magnificus et praeclarus [Vid :, also, SPLENDID.]
Very fine! belle! pulchre
fine s.
poena pecuniaria (general term, Ulp., Dig., 3, 1, 1, §6): damnum: mulcta or multa (damnum, the fine, as so much loss to him who pays it; multa, as a compensation to the injured person, the payment of which is justly inflicted on the injurer): lis: lis aestimata (the fine which is imposed by the judge, Vid: Herzog, Caes. B.G., 5, 1; Bremi, Nep., Milt., 7, 6): The being condemned to pay a fine, condemnatio pecuniaria (Ulp., Dig., 42, 1, 6): pecunia multaticia: argentum multaticium (the money itself): to impose a fine on anybody, poena pecuniaria (or multa et poena or pecunia) multare aliquem: to condemn anybody to pay a fine, multam alicui dicere (☞ multare irrogare is the demand made by the accuser or tribune of the people, that the accused person should pay such or such a sum): to subject one’s self to a fine, multam committere: not to be able to pay a fine, multam ferre non posse.
Fine (= end). Vid: FINALLY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fine?
- The usual Latin words for “fine” are subtīlis, tenuis, exīlis; also pūrus, obryzus, bellus. 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.