English → Latin
“glorious” in Latin
glōriōsusglorious, full of glory; famous, renowned; boasting, boastful, haughty, conceited, proud, eager for gloryillūstrisbright, shining, brilliant, lustrous; clear, lucid; illustrious, distinguished, famous, prominentmagnificusgreat, noble, distinguished, eminent, august; splendid, rich, fine, costly, sumptuous, magnificentclārusclear, bright; renowned, famous, famed, distinguished, illustrious, celebrated, glorious; upstanding, respectedpraeclārusvery clear or bright; famous; noble, excellentēgregiusdistinguished, excellent, eminent; illustrious, honorableeximiusselect, choice; special, particular, exceptional, remarkable, extraordinary; exemptfactumfact, deed, act, doing, work; exploit, feat, accomplishment, achievementmorsdeath; corpse, dead body; annihilationdētestābilisexecrable, abominable, detestable
The English word glorious itself goes back to Latin glōria, through glōriōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
glorious
gloriosus (e.g., facta, mors, etc., and Suet., victoria: opposed to invidiosus, detestabilis, etc.; and also calamitosus): illustris (e.g., of actions): magnificus (that exalts the performer or possessor; e.g., of deeds; but mostly of what is externally splendid or sumptuous, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) illustris et gloriosus: magnificus gloriosusque: clarus: praeclarus (famous, etc.): egregius: eximius [SYN. in FAMOUS]. Glorious actions, magnificae res gestae; facta illustria et gloriosa; facta splendida (†) anything is glorious for us, aliquid gloriosum est nobis: it is a glorious thing to, etc., magnificum est (illud); or (alicui) gloriosum est, with infinitive, or accusative and infinitive: a glorious victory, gloriosissima victoria (Suet.): to gain a glorious victory, magnifice vincere (Cic.): to obtain a glorious triumph, gloriose triumphare (Cic., Fam., 2, 3): a glorious name, nomen illustre: the glorious name of a good man, boni viri splendor et nomen.
Vain glorious; Vid: under VAIN.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for glorious?
- The usual Latin words for “glorious” are glōriōsus, illūstris, magnificus; also clārus, praeclārus, ēgregius. 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.