English → Latin
“inconsistency” in Latin
incōnstānschangeable; inconstant; inconsistent; fickle; capriciousrepugnōto fight against; to oppose; to resist or defend oneselfrēsthing, object, stuff; matter, issue, subject, topic; affair, event
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
inconsistency
inconstantia (want of steadiness; want of agreement with itself; of things and persons): repugnantia (contrariety of nature between things, rerum). To be guilty of inconsistency, Vid: “to act INCONSISTENTLY”]. Nothing was ever like his inconsistency, nil fuit unquam sic impar sibi († Hor.): no inconsistency will be detected in my method of proceeding, mea ratio constans reperietur in aliqua re.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for inconsistency?
- The usual Latin words for “inconsistency” are incōnstāns, repugnō, rēs. 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.