English → Latin
“humdrum” in Latin
inerswithout skill, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, crude; inactive, lazy, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert; worthless; stignāvuslazy, slothful, inactive, sluggish; unproductive, idle; cowardlysomnīculōsussleepy, drowsy; sluggish, slothful; making sleepy, drowsy or sluggishsenectūsold age, senilityōtiumtime free from activity: leisure, free time; time avoiding activity: idleness, inactivity; peace, repose, quiet, quietnesēgnisslow, tardy, torpid, inactive, unenergetic, lazy
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
humdrum adj.
iners: ignavus (lazy): somniculosus (sleepy; also, IMPROP., of things; e.g., senectus, Cic.): iners et desidiosus (lazy; e.g., otium, Cic.). A humdrum fellow, homo somniculosus: homo tardus or segnis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for humdrum?
- The usual Latin words for “humdrum” are iners, ignāvus, somnīculōsus; also senectūs, ōtium, sēgnis. 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.