English → Latin
“honorable” in Latin
honōrōto honor, respect; to clothe with honor, decoratehonestusfull of or regarded with honor; honorable; of high birth; noble; distinguished; respectable; eminent; bring or deservinghonōrificushonorific (that shows or confers honor)decōrusbecoming, fitting, proper, suitable; decorated, adorned; elegant, fine, beautiful; gracefulglōriōsusglorious, full of glory; famous, renowned; boasting, boastful, haughty, conceited, proud, eager for gloryvenerorto worship, adore, revere, venerate; to pay (one's) respectsvenerābilisvenerable, augustbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefulprobusgood, serviceable, excellent, superior, able; upright, honest, virtuous, moral, provenintegercomplete, whole, intact, uninjured, sound, healthy
The English word honorable itself goes back to Latin honor, through honōrābilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
honorable
Receiving or conferring honor, etc., honoratus (receiving much honor; e.g., militia): honestus: honorificus (that brings much honor): decorus (respectable, decent, becoming): gloriosus (glorious). An honorable wound, vulnus adversum: an honorable peace, pax honesta: an honorable title, nominis honos: honorable exile, exsilii honos (Tac., Hist., 1, 21, 2): to receive an honorable discharge, cum honore dimitti (Tac., Hist., 4, 46, 6): honorable terms or expressions, verborum honos: to thank anybody in the most honorable terms, alicui gratias agere singularibus (or amplissimis) verbis: to make (very) honorable mention of anybody, mentionem alicujus cum summo honore prosequi; multa de aliquo honorifice praedicare; in one’s writings, celebrare alicujus nomen in scriptis: always to make honorable mention of anybody, numquam mentionem de aliquo nisi honorificam facere; numquam nisi honorificentissime appellare.
Worthy of honor, venerandus: venerabilis: honore dignus: very honorable, quovis honore dignus.
Upright, bonus (good): probus (honest): integer: sanctus (morally pure, blameless): an honorable man, vir bonus or probus; homo integer or innocens; homo religiosus (a conscientious man): homo sine fuco et fallaciis (who has nothing counterfeit about him; who is what he appears to be) homo antiquus (a man of integrity, but deficient in necessary prudence; Vid: Cic., Rosc., Am., 9, 26): to look like an honorable man, speciem boni viri prae se ferre: to lose the name of an honorable man, viri boni nomen amittere: an honorable man keeps his word, *boni viri est datam fidem servare; *non cadit in bonum virum fallere fidem.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for honorable?
- The usual Latin words for “honorable” are honōrō, honestus, honōrificus; also decōrus, glōriōsus, veneror. 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.