What is the Latin word for flagrancy?

The usual Latin words for “flagrancy” are flagrō, ārdor, calor; also fervor, aestus, immānitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“flagrancy” in Latin

flagrōto burn, blaze ārdorflame, fire, heat; brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes); ardour, eagerness, ardent desire calorwarmth, heat; glow; heat of passion, zeal, ardour; fire of love, ardent love fervorboiling heat; fermenting; ardour, passion, fury aestusheat; fire; tide immānitāsimmensity, vastness, excess; monstrousness, enormity, fierceness, cruelty, barbarism, savageness, inhumanity, frightfuln facinusdeed, action, doing; adventure, venture, undertaking; crime, wickedness, evil deed

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

flagrancy

flagrantia (PROP.; e.g., non flagrantia oculorum, non libertate sermonis, sed etiam complexu, Cic.): ardor: calor: fervor: aestus [SYN. in HEAT].

Enormity, immanitas or tanta immanitas (e.g. vitiorum, facinoris): turpitude: foeditas. ☞ Plaut., Rud., 3, 4, 28, has flagitii flagrantia = thou vile culprit, etc.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for flagrancy?: The usual Latin words for “flagrancy” are flagrō, ārdor, calor; also fervor, aestus, immānitās. 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.