English → Latin
“ignominious” in Latin
ignōminiōsusdisgraced; disgraceful, shameful, ignominiousdominātiōrule, dominion; mastery, power; dominationfugaflight, fleeing, escape; avoidance; exile
The English word ignominious itself goes back to Latin nōmen, through ignōminiōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ignominious
ignominiosus (seldom of persons marked with disgrace, Quint.: dominatio, C; fuga, Liv.). An injury that is not ignominious, injuria sine ignominia. [Vid. INFAMOUS, DISGRACEFUL.] To be transferred to the city tribes is ignominious, in urbanas tribus transferri ignominiae est (Plin.): condemnation by the censor is only ignominious, censoris judicium nihil fere damnato nisi ruborem affert (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ignominious?
- The usual Latin words for “ignominious” are ignōminiōsus, dominātiō, fuga. 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.