English → Latin
“hairless” in Latin
calvushairless, baldcalvātusmade baldimberbisbeardlesscomātushaving long hair; leafyPhaedrusPhaedrus (an Athenian aristocrat, friend of Socrates); Phaedrus (a Latin fabulist)caleōto be warm or hot, glow; to be aroused, warmed or inflamed; to be troubled or perplexednātūrālisnatural by birth, legitimate; of or pertaining to nature; of or pertaining to something's nature or qualities
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hairless
(α) (α) From old age or by nature, calvus (opposed to capillatus, comatus); sine pilo or sine pilis: pilo carens (from nature); pilis defectus (from old age, Phaedrus, 5, 7, 2); calvatus (from the hair falling off); imberbis (without beard): to be hairless, pilo carere (from nature); calvere (also from age); from nature, naturaliter: a hairless spot on the head, calvitium (bald spot, not calvities = baldness): to become hairless, calvescere: (β) By artificial means, depilatus (general term, especially of parts of the body); rasus: tonsus (by means of scissors or razors; opposed to intonsus; Vid: To SHAVE): glaber (PROP., hairless from nature, without hair, like the belly of some animals, opposed to pilosus; then also by shaving or pulling out the hair; also as epithet of favorite slaves of Roman debauchees, who endeavored to give the latter a girl-like look by it; Vid: Sen., Ep., 47, 5).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hairless?
- The usual Latin words for “hairless” are calvus, calvātus, imberbis; also comātus, Phaedrus, caleō. 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.