English → Latin
“genuine” in Latin
vērustrue, real, actual (conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct); true, genuine (not counterfeiprobusgood, serviceable, excellent, superior, able; upright, honest, virtuous, moral, provengermānusof brothers or sisters; full, own; true, natural, authenticbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefulsincērusclean, pure, sound; uninjured, whole; real, naturalmerussheer, undiluted, pure (especially of wine)putuspure
The English word genuine itself goes back to Latin genuīnus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
genuine
verus (true; also, of writings, tot enim sunt veri Bruti libri, Cic., Or., 2, 55, 224): probus (e.g., argentum probum, Liv.): germanus: verus et germanus (e.g., verum et germanum Metellum, Cic.; haec germana est ironia, Cic.): bonus (good; boni numi, Cic.): sincerus (unadulterated; of wine, etc.): merus (unmixed; of fluids): putus (of metals; pure; purus et putus is mostly ante-classical, Plaut., etc.): ☞ genuinus is “home-born” = domesticus, in Cic., Rep. 2, 15; but was applied to writings by Gell.: a genuine edition, *sincera editio: genuine virtue, vera virtus: a genuine Stoic, verus et sincerus Stoicus. For “think not to be genuine,” etc., Vid: “doubt its GENUINENESS.”
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for genuine?
- The usual Latin words for “genuine” are vērus, probus, germānus; also bonus, sincērus, merus. 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.