English → Latin
“humility” in Latin
dēmittōto send or bring down, cause to hang or fall down; drop, flow, shed, sag, let fall; to sink, lower, put down; to cast domodestiamoderation, sophrosyne; modestyverēcundiaknowing one's place, regarded as a virtue; coyness, modesty; shyness, bashfulness; shame, awemodestusmoderate, calm, restrained, mild; modest, reserved, discreet
The English word humility itself goes back to Latin humus, through humilitas.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
humility
animus submissus or demissus (opposed to animus elatus): modestia: verecundia (modesty, q. v.): humilitas (lowering behavior; Cic., Invent., 1, 56, 109; ☞ as a virtue, in the Christian sense, first in Lactantius) to show humility, submisse se gerere: with humility, submisse; modeste.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for humility?
- The usual Latin words for “humility” are dēmittō, modestia, verēcundia; also modestus. 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.