English → Latin
“immortal” in Latin
immortālisimmortal, undying, not subject to death.aeternusabiding, lasting, permanent, perpetual; endless, eternal; immortalsempiternuseverlasting, perpetual, eternal, continuallauspraise, glory, repute; fame; approbation, commendationvītalife; living, support, subsistence; a way of life
The English word immortal itself goes back to Latin mors, through immortālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
immortal
immortalis (not subject to the law of death; also, IMPROP., of things; e.g., laus): aeternus: sempiternus [SYN. in ETERNAL]. To be immortal, immortalem or sempiternum esse: non interire (general term, not to die; e.g., of the soul): vita, sempiterna frui (to live for ever); memoria omnium seculorum vigere (to be fresh in the recollection of all ages; both of persons). Immortal glory, immortalis or sempiterna gloria: to render immortal or be rendered immortal. Vid: To IMMORTALIZE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for immortal?
- The usual Latin words for “immortal” are immortālis, aeternus, sempiternus; also laus, vīta. 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.