English → Latin
“flagitious” in Latin
flāgitiōsusshameful, disgraceful, scandalous; profligate, dissolutenefāriusnefarious, execrable, abominable, loathsomenefandusimpious; heinous, execrable, abominablefaciōto do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing); to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect; to mflāgitiumdisgraceful or shameful action, deed, or crime; scandal; shame, disgrace, outragevīvōto live; to be alive, to survive; to reside in
The English word flagitious itself goes back to Latin flāgitō, through flāgitiōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
flagitious
flagitiosus (full of vile actions, of persons and things): flagitii plenus or flagitii plenus et dedecoris (e.g., factum, Cic.): scelere contaminatus (stained with crime): nefarius (unspeakably, enormously wicked; of persons and things): nefandus (of things). Flagitious actions, flagitia; nefaria (plur. adjective): in a flagitious manner, flagitiose; nefarie (e.g., vivere).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for flagitious?
- The usual Latin words for “flagitious” are flāgitiōsus, nefārius, nefandus; also faciō, flāgitium, vīvō. 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.