English → Latin
“ingenuity” in Latin
ingeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character; nature; disposition, temper, inclination; intelligence, natural capacityaciēssharp edge or point; battle line; battle, engagementvolōto wish, to please; to want; to mean, to intendceleritāsquickness, speed, swiftness, haste, celeritymagnusgreat, large, big; (of things) vast, extensive, spacious (of physical size or quantity); great, grand, mighty, noble, lo
The English word ingenuity itself goes back to Latin ingenuus, through ingenuitās.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ingenuity
Inventive cleverness, ingenium (general term, to which acutum, magnum, docile, etc., may be added): ingenii docilitas, acies, vis, or (Nep.) celeritas: dives ingenii vena († Hor.). To have great ingenuity in anything, multum habere ingenii ad aliquid: there must be something of inventive ingenuity, ingenii celeres quidam motus esse debent et ad excogitandum acuti (☞ Cic., Or., 1, 25, 113).
Ingenuousness, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ingenuity?
- The usual Latin words for “ingenuity” are ingenium, aciēs, volō; also celeritās, magnus. 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.