English → Latin
“genuineness” in Latin
auctōritāscredibility, prestige, reputation, importance; influence, weight, personal weight; power, ability, authorityfidēsfaith; belief (belief without empirical evidence, direct experience, or observation); reliance (act of relying on or trucōmoediaa comedy (play)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
genuineness
incorrupta integritas (unadulterated nature): auctoritas: fides (credibility). Also by circumlocution, as, many doubt the genuineness of this book, multi dubitant, hunc librum ab eo, ad quem refertur, conscriptum esse: the genuineness of a law is disputed, *sunt qui censeant, legem esse adulterinam. A play, the genuineness of which is doubted by some, comoedia, quam Plauti esse quidam non putant (of course, with genitive of the author to whom it is commonly attributed).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for genuineness?
- The usual Latin words for “genuineness” are auctōritās, fidēs, cōmoedia. 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.