English → Latin
“inhuman” in Latin
inhūmānusinhuman; savage, barbarous; uncivil, unmannerly, churlish, discourteousimmānisimmense, enormous, huge, vast; brutal, inhuman, frightful, savageferuswild, savage, fierce, cruel; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed, roughcrūdēlisunfeeling, rude; ruthless, cruel, mercilessnātūrathe nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing; character, temperament, inclination, disposition; nature, the natu
The English word inhuman itself goes back to Latin hūmānus, through inhūmānus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
inhuman
inhumanus: sometimes immanis (natura): ferus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) ferus et immanis: crudelissimus (savage, cruel, etc.). An inhuman punishment, supplicium exempli parum memoris legum humanarum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for inhuman?
- The usual Latin words for “inhuman” are inhūmānus, immānis, ferus; also crūdēlis, nātūra. 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.