English → Latin
“hurtful” in Latin
noceōto injure, do harm to, hurt, damagenoxiushurtful, harmful, injurious, noxious.; guilty, culpable, criminal, delinquent.inūtilisuseless, unserviceable, unprofitable; hurtful, injurious; void, null, invalid, without any legal useexempluma sample, example; a warning example, deterrent; torture, exemplary penalty, chastisementperniciōsusdestructive, ruinous, baleful, perniciousexitiōsusdestructive, pernicious, deadly
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hurtful
nocens: qui nocet: noxius: nociturus: alienus alicui rei (not suiting its nature): inutilis (alicui rei, not profitable; hence unprofitable to; e.g., an example, exemplum): very hurtful, perniciosus: exitiosus (ruinous). To be hurtful, nocere; nocentem or nociturum esse; alicui rei alienum esse; contra aliquid esse. Hurtful things, ea quae nocitura videantur (☞ res noxiosae, post-Augustan, Sen.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hurtful?
- The usual Latin words for “hurtful” are noceō, noxius, inūtilis; also exemplum, perniciōsus, exitiōsus. 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.