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“inconsiderable” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

inconsiderable
levis (without any particular weight or importance; of things and persons [only Cic., Fam., 9, 12, fin.: munus levidense], work, danger, action, authority): mediocris (of an ordinary description; e.g., man, family; then generally, not particularly great, etc.; e.g., evil, genius): minutus (of less than common size, hence without any importance whatever): exiguus (small in comparison with others; e.g., crew, army, copiae; property, res familiaris): parvus (small; opposed to magnus; e.g., sum of money, pecunia; body of troops, manus; circumstance, res): infirmus (weak, not able to accomplish great things). (The words are found in this connection and order.) exiguus et infirmus: nullus (οὐδείς, next to nothing = mean; Vid: Cic., Fam., 7, 3, 2; Nep., Phoc., 1, 1). Not inconsiderable, nonnullus (Vid: Caes., B.G., 1, 13; Cic., Invent., 2, 1, 1): so inconsiderable, tantulus (e.g., of things; Vid: Caes., B.G., 4, 22): an inconsiderable man, personage; [Vid: INSIGNIFICANT]: an inconsiderable state, civitas exigua et infirma (opposed to civitas ampla et florens): no inconsiderable garrison, haud invalidum praesidium: no inconsiderable sum of money, nummi non mediocris summae: inconsiderable causes, parvulae causae: to represent anything as inconsiderable, rem elevare or verbis extenuare: to look upon anything as inconsiderable, aliquid parvi facere; aliquid in levi habere (Tac., Hist., 2, 21, 2).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for inconsiderable?
The usual Latin words for “inconsiderable” are levis, mediocris, minuō; also exiguus, parvus, īnfirmus. 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.