What is the Latin word for hatred?

The usual Latin words for “hatred” are odium, invidia, simultās; also īra, homō̆, cīvis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“hatred” in Latin

odiumhatred, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust, detestation, odium, loathing, enmity or their manifestation; the condition invidiaenvy, grudge, grudging, jealousy, prejudice, spite; odium, unpopularity, dislike, hatred, infamy, malice, resentment, il simultāsdissension, enmity, rivalry, feud, jealousy, grudge; contest for a prize, strife, competition īraire, anger, wrath homō̆human, person, man; male human being, man; term of address to male peers, especially by another man: man, fellow, mate, cīviscitizen; a subject (i.e., a person subject to a ruler)partiōto share, part, apportion; divide, distribute

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

hatred

odium (opposed to amor; also, when several are spoken of, plur., odia; e.g., hominum, civium): invidia (the feeling of envy, both that which we feel at the power, authority, fortune, etc., of others, and that which we excite in others by our power, etc.; whereas odium always proceeds from a real or supposed injury, etc.): simultas (a quarrel between two persons or parties; Döderlein says “a political hatred proceeding from rivalry;” but Nep. says of Atticus, se nunquam cum sorore fuisse in simultate): ira (anger, may be a manifestation of odium, which Cic. defines as ira inveterata): ☞ offensio, indignation, offence taken at anybody, says less than our “hatred,” although it is frequently connected with odium, or found standing with it; as, Nep., Dion, 8, 2, propter offensionem populi et odium militum; and Cic., 2 Verr., 1, 12, 35, in odium offensionemque alicujus irruere. To entertain hatred against anybody, aliquem odisse; odium in aliquem habere or gerere; odio in aliquem ferri; alicui invidere; in simultate esse cum aliquo (Nep.): anybody entertains the bitterest hatred against another, acerbissimum est alicujus odium in aliquem; aliquem aliquis male odit: all entertain the bitterest hatred against him, omnium in eum odia ardent: to conceive hatred against anybody, odium in aliquem concipere or erga aliquem suscipere: to bring hatred upon one’s self, odium (invidiam) subire: to bring upon one’s self the hatred of anybody, in odium (invidiam) alicujus venire; odium alicujus suscipere or in se converter; in odium alicujus incurrere or irruere: to become an object of general hatred, omnium odia in se convertere: to make anybody an object of hatred, aliquem in odium (invidiam) vocare; alicui odium conciliare or invidiam conflare; aliquem in invidiam adducere or trahere: to make anybody the object of general hatred, aliquem omnium odio subjicere: to declare one’s hatred of anybody, profiteri et prae se ferre odium in aliquem: to betray one’s hatred of anybody, odium in aliquem indicare: to give vent to one’s hatred, odium in aliquem expromere or effundere (opposed to odium susceptum continere).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for hatred?: The usual Latin words for “hatred” are odium, invidia, simultās; also īra, homō̆, cīvis. 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.