English → Latin
“groundless” in Latin
vānusvain, empty, vacant, void; unsubstantial; groundless, baseless, meaningless, pointless, worthless, ineffectual, mindlessfūtilisthat easily pours out; that can not contain, leaky; untrustworthy, vain, worthless, futile, frivolousfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough); to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle; to adorn, dress, arrangecommentīciusinvented, devised, fabricated; imaginary; fictitious
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
groundless
(not tenable; e.g., assertion)(not tenable; e.g., assertion), rationi adversus (i. e., against reason or good sense): vanus (empty, unsubstantial; opposed to verus): futilis (frivolous): fictus: commenticius (invented, made up). (The words are found in this connection and order.) fictus (or futilis) et commenticius; also by circumlocution, qui (quae, quod) sine causa fit, etc., aliquid, cui nihil subest (which has no foundation of truth). A confidence which assuredly cannot be utterly groundless, fiducia quae non de nihilo profecto concepta est (Liv., 39, 29).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for groundless?
- The usual Latin words for “groundless” are vānus, fūtilis, fingō; also commentīcius. 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.