English → Latin
“honesty” in Latin
probitāshonesty, probity; uprightnessintegritāssoundness; integrity, blamelessness; chastitysānctitāsinviolability, sacredness, sanctity; holiness, virtue, piety, integrity, honour, chastityinnocēnsharmless, inoffensive, innoxious; blameless, guiltless, innocentfidēsfaith; belief (belief without empirical evidence, direct experience, or observation); reliance (act of relying on or trusincēritāsintegrity, honesty; soundness, wholeness; moral puritysimplicitāssimplicity; plainness, frankness, openness; innocence, honesty, candor, integrity
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
honesty
probitas: integritas: sanctitas (moral purity): innocentia (blameless life): fides (fidelity). (The words are found in this connection and order.) integritas et fides: sinceritas (candor, guilelessness): probitas et ingenuitas: simplicitas (plainness, straightforwardness, in behavior): animus apertus (open-heartedness). ☞ Honestas is more than the English honesty = virtue as displaying itself in virtuous and noble sentiments; Döderlein. It may, however, be used for it when “honesty” is used in a very strong sense.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for honesty?
- The usual Latin words for “honesty” are probitās, integritās, sānctitās; also innocēns, fidēs, sincēritās. 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.