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“glaring” in Latin

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

glaring
Of eyes, et. [Vid: To GLARE.]
Clear, notorious, etc. (of faults, crimes, etc.), manifestus (e.g., peccatum): apertus ac manifestus (e.g., scelus): flagrans (still, as it were, warm; hence “manifest,” “recent,” etc., of crimes, post-Augustan, Tac.). Of faults (= blunders), magnus is often used. Three glaring faults, tria magna peccata. Your “Idus Martii” contains a glaring fault, Idus Martii magnum mendum continent.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for glaring?
The usual Latin words for “glaring” are manifestus, flagrō, peccō; also scelus. 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.