English → Latin
“incompatible” in Latin
repugnōto fight against; to oppose; to resist or defend oneselfīnsociābilisunable to combine with others, unsociablealiēnusOf that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign; unfriendly, inimical, hostile, suscontrāriusopposite, opposed, contrary, conflicting, witherwardarbora tree; something made from a tree, of wood; the polypus (imagined to have arms like the branches of a tree)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
incompatible
repugnans (alicui rei; of several things, inter se repugnantes). (The words are found in this connection and order.) adversans et repugnans: insociabilis (incapable of being united with; Liv., Plin., Tac.): alienus (foreign from): contrarius (opposite to, alicui rei). Incompatible nature, diversae atque inter se repugnantes naturae (Cic.): diversae insociabilesque naturae (e.g., arborum, Plin.). To be incompatible, pugnare inter se, with anything, repugnare alicui rei: alienum esse or abhorrere ab aliqua re: aliquid recusat aliquid: alicui rei contrarium esse or adversari: to be happy, and to be overwhelmed with grief, are incompatible notions, illud vehementer repugnat, esse beatum et multis oppressum doloribus (Cic.). Sometimes esse with genitive. It is incompatible with wisdom, sapientiae non est; with the character of a wise man, sapientis non est. Persons of incompatible tempers, longe dispares moribus (Liv., 1, 46). To be yoked to a person of a temper incompatible with one’s own, cum impari jungi (Liv., 1, 46).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for incompatible?
- The usual Latin words for “incompatible” are repugnō, īnsociābilis, aliēnus; also contrārius, arbor. 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.