English → Latin
“hostile” in Latin
hostīlishostileinimīcusenemy, foe (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone elseīnfēnsushostile, inimical, aggressive; enraged; dangerousīnfestushostile (to a person, cause etc.), antagonistic; aggressive, warlike; raised, threatening, poised to strike; harmful, tradversusfacing, opposite; towards; againstspīculumlittle sharp point or sting; dart, arrowoculuseye; sight, vision; luminary of the sun and starsexercitusexercise; trouble, affliction; an exercised, disciplined body of men, an army
The English word hostile itself goes back to Latin hostis, through hostīlis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hostile
hostilis (having, showing, or, of things, indicating the feeling of an enemy; inclined to break out in open acts of hostility): inimicus (of an unfriendly disposition): infensus (incensed, enraged, embittered; denoting an excited state; it can only be used of persons or minds): infestus (whose hostile disposition threatens to show itself: denoting a quiescent state, it may also be used of things; spiculum, oculi, exercitus; and of countries). (The words are found in this connection and order.) inimicus atque infestus; infestus atque inimicus; infensus atque inimicus; inimicus infensusque: adversus (general term; opposed to); to anybody, alicui. To be hostile to anybody, inimico infensoque animo esse in aliquem: a hostile feeling, animus infestus or inimicus; infensus animus atque inimicus; animus hostilis; animus alienus (dislike, estrangement): to entertain hostile sentiments or feelings against anybody, inimicum, infestum, inimicum et infestum, or infestum et inimicum esse alicui; inimico infensoque animo esse in aliquem: very hostile feelings, aversissimo animo esse ab aliquo: to make anybody entertain hostile feelings against another, alicujus odium in aliquem concitare: to adapt a hostile feeling, spiritus hostiles induere (Tac., Hist. 4, 57, 3): to regard anybody with the most hostile feelings, aliquem animo iniquissimo infestissimoque intueri: to inspire anybody with hostile sentiments against another, odium alicujus in aliquem concitare; aliquem or alicujus voluntatem ab aliquo abalienare (to render averse or disinclined to): to become hostile to anybody, odium in aliquem concipere: in a hostile manner, hostilem in modum: a hostile country, hostium terra (an enemy’s country), hostilis terra or regio (Cic.), or armis animisque infesta inimicaque (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hostile?
- The usual Latin words for “hostile” are hostīlis, inimīcus, īnfēnsus; also īnfestus, adversus, spīculum. 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.