English → Latin
“injurious” in Latin
damnōsuscausing damage, injurious, destructive; prodigaldētrīmentōsushurtful, harmful; detrimentaladversusfacing, opposite; towards; againstinīquusunjust, unfair; unequal, uneven; unfavourable, disadvantageousiniūriōsuswrongful, criminal; hurtful, noxious; insultingcontumēliōsusabusive, insolentdētrīmentumharm, loss, damage; defeat; detriment
The English word injurious itself goes back to Latin iniūrius, through iniūriōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
injurious
Hurtful, damnosus, detrimentosus (that occasions injury or loss, detrimentum, Caes., B.G., 7, 33): alienns: adversus (not suitable, unfavorable, contrary): iniquus (unsuitable, unfavorable, of places and their situations; then = unjust: to or for anything; all with a dative). Food injurious to the stomach, cibi stomacho alieni (☞ inimici is rather poetical).
Wrongful, insulting, injuriosus (injuring, damaging): contumeliosus (reviling, containing reproaches). Injurious words, voces contumeliosae; verborum contumeliae (reproachful): voces mordaces or aculeatae; verborum aculei (vexing, grieving). To be injurious, habere aliquid offensionis (of a thing).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for injurious?
- The usual Latin words for “injurious” are damnōsus, dētrīmentōsus, adversus; also inīquus, iniūriōsus, contumēliōsus. 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.