English → Latin
“forlorn” in Latin
dēstituōto fix or set in position; to place; to leave alone, forsake, abandon or desert; to delude, deceive, cheatorbusdeprived, destitute (of)orbōto deprive (someone) of parents, children, or other dear persons; to deprive, bereave or strip (someone) of any (especiadēserōto leave, depart, desert, quit; to forsake, abandon, give up; to let downinopshelpless, destitute, indigent, poor; deprived, lacking, needy (+ genitive or ab + ablative); mean, wretched, contemptiblnūdusunclothed, nude, naked; stripped, deprived, destitute; defenceless, helpless, unarmedsōlusalone, sole, only, by oneself with no others around; solitary, uninhabiteddēspērōto have no hope of; to despair of
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
forlorn
destitutus (destitute): orbus: orbatus (bereaved, like an orphan, PROP. and IMPROP.): desertus (deserted, left behind): inops: nudus (stripped, helpless): solus (alone, forsaken): desperatus (without hope): spe carens: spe orbatus: spe dejectus (that has lost all hope): ☞ exspes is poetical only.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for forlorn?
- The usual Latin words for “forlorn” are dēstituō, orbus, orbō; also dēserō, inops, nūdus. 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.