English → Latin
“glory” in Latin
glōriaglory, renown, fame, honorclāritāsclarity, brightness, vividness; fame, glory, renownclāritūdōclearness, brightness, clarity; reputation, renown, fame, celebritylauspraise, glory, repute; fame; approbation, commendationfāmafame; rumour, talk, opinion, report; reputationimmortālisimmortal, undying, not subject to death.glōriolaa little, trivial bit of glory, fameiactōto throw, cast, hurl; to scatter, toss; to disturb, disquiet, torment, agitate, shock
The English word glory itself goes back to Latin glōria.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
glory
gloria: claritas: claritudo (gloria, like κλέος, represents glory under the notion of being much spoken of; claritas, under the notion of being a bright, conspicuous object, like δόξα. Cic. uses claritas, Sall. claritudo, in this sense, which is a favorite word wilh Tac., not found in Cic., Caes.., Quint., or Suet., who, indeed, uses neither form): laus (praise; the oral recognition, whether by one or more persons, of the merit, etc., of a person or action): fama (the good report of a person, or the general recognition of the merit of an action). A little glory, gloriola: to be a glory to anybody, laudi or gloriae esse: laudem afferre: to aim at or pursue glory, gloriam quaerere: to thirst for glory, or make glory one’s object, gloriam or laudem quaerere; gloriae servire; gloria duci; laudis studio trahi: to be filled with a passionate longing for glory, flagrare laudis or gloriae cupiditate; gloriae cupiditate incensum esse: to reap or acquire glory, gloriam acquirere, capere, consequi, or adipisci; claritudinem parare; ad claritudinem pervenire (the last two Sall., not Cic.): to be covered with glory, gloria florere; claritate praestare (Nep.); in gloria (sempiterna or aeterna) esse (Cic.): to confer immortal glory upon anybody, immortalem gloriam dare (Cic.); immortali gloria aliquem afficere (Plaut.); sempiternae gloriae aliquem commendare: to say anything to the glory of anybody, praedicare aliquid de aliquo; to prophesy that anybody will acquire glory, alicui claritatem ostendere (Cic.): the thirst or desire of glory, gloriae or laudis cupiditas; laudis studium; gloriae laudisque cupiditas; also gloria only (e.g., gloria duci): the passionate desire of glory, gloriae aestus: the insatiable thirst of glory, insatiabilis famae cupido: eager in the pursuit of glory, gloriae or laudis cupidus or avidus; gloriae appetens.
Vainglory; [Vid: under VAIN].
A glory (= rays of heavenly light round a saint’s head), radii. A head with a glory round it, caput radiatum (Vid: Plin., Pan., 52, 1, Gierig).
The glorious existence of saints in heaven, immortalis or aeterna gloria. Vid: To GLORIFY.
glory v.
gloria et praedicatione sese efferre. To glory in anything, aliqua re or de, or in aliqua re gloriari (the ablative and de implying that the boast is unfounded; in that there is just cause for it); also, jactare or ostentare aliquid (to plume one’s self on it ostentatiously). To glory in having etc., gloriari in eo, quod, etc.: to have good reason to glory in anything, aliquid vera cum gloria de se praedicare posse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for glory?
- The usual Latin words for “glory” are glōria, clāritās, clāritūdō; also laus, fāma, immortālis. 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.