English → Latin
“imaginative” in Latin
ingeniōsussuperior in intellect, gifted with genius; intellectual, clever, ingenious; apt, fit for, adapted toingeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character; nature; disposition, temper, inclination; intelligence, natural capacityeffingōto form, fashion; to represent, portray, express, depict; imitate, copy; to wipe out, wipe cleandēpingōto depict, to paint, to portray, to represent by painting; to paint, to colour
The English word imaginative itself goes back to Latin imāginātīvus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
imaginative
The nearest terms are, perhaps, ingeniosus: facilis et copiosus (e.g., ingenium, Quint.): velox et mobilis (e.g., ingenium, Quint.); but as none of these come up to the meaning, perhaps *qui facile sibi omnia cogitatione fingit, effingit, depingit, etc.; *qui ad res cogitatione depingendas uber fecundusque est (uber et fecundusque, Cic.); *qui divite est vena ingenii (after Hor.); cui ingenii est beatissima ubertas (Quint., 10, 1, 108); *qui et ad excogitandum acutus, et ad ornandum est uberrimus (after Cic.). The imaginative faculty, ingenium (opposed to judicium, Quint., 10, 1, 130).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for imaginative?
- The usual Latin words for “imaginative” are ingeniōsus, ingenium, effingō; also dēpingō. 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.