English → Latin
“illiberal” in Latin
illīberālisignoble, ungenerous, sordid, mean, disobliging; niggardly, graspingsordidusdirty, filthy, nasty; of poor, mean, base quality, low-browabiciōto throw or hurl down or away, cast or push away or aside; to give up, abandon; expose; discard; to humble, degrade, redhumilislow, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant, low; short, not tall (of phmalignuswicked, malicious, stingy; spiteful; malignant, malignrestringōto draw back tightly, bind back or fast, tighten; to unfasten, unclose, open; to restrain, confine, restrictquaestusgain, acquisition, profit, advantage; occupation, employment, jobanimuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason,
The English word illiberal itself goes back to Latin līber, through illiberalis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
illiberal
illiberalis (not suiting the condition or character of a gentleman): sordidus (mean). (The words are found in this connection and order.) illiberalis et sordidus (e.g., quaestus): abjectus: humilis (low; e.g., nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic.): angustus et parvus: pusillus et contractus (narrow; of the mind, animus).
Not munificent, malignus: restrictus (e.g., in our offers of assistance, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for illiberal?
- The usual Latin words for “illiberal” are illīberālis, sordidus, abiciō; also humilis, malignus, restringō. 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.