English → Latin
“humiliation” in Latin
castīgātiōchastisement, punishment, correction; reproof; pruning (of plants)humilitāsinsignificance, lowliness, unimportance; degradation, debasement, humiliation; submissiveness, obedience
The English word humiliation itself goes back to Latin humus, through humiliātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
humiliation
castigatio (inflicted by another): humilitas (a lowering of one’s self; Cic., Invent., 1, 56, 109): this he looked upon as a humiliation, ea re in ordinem se cogi videbat. ☞ animi demissio is “dejection.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for humiliation?
- The usual Latin words for “humiliation” are castīgātiō, humilitās. 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.