English → Latin
“imaginable” in Latin
The English word imaginable itself goes back to Latin imāginābilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
imaginable
quod cogitari or excogitari potest. To show one all imaginable honor, “nihil relinquere, quod ad alicujus honorem excogitari potest; *nullum praetermittere honorem, qui alicui haberi potest: to take all imaginable pains about anything, *maximo, quo fieri potest, studio in rem incumbere: with all imaginable haste, omni, qua fieri potest, celeritate: the greatest imaginable difference, quanta maxima potest esse distantia. Sometimes the neuter of the pronoun quisquis may be used in expressions, such as “all imaginable wickedness,” quidquid maleficii est; quidquid mali aut sceleris fingi atque excogitari potest; scelera omnia: “every imaginable consolation,” quidquid solatii afferri potest; or a double negative is employed, as “every imaginable kind,” nullum non genus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for imaginable?
- The usual Latin words for “imaginable” are omnis, celeritās. 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.