English → Latin
“insatiable” in Latin
īnsatiābilisinsatiableinexplēbilisinsatiableīnsaturābilisinsatiablestomachusgullet, alimentary canal; stomach; taste or distaste (depending on context)cupiditāsdesire (deemed good, neutral or bad); lust, passion; cupidity, avarice, greed, covetousnessavāritiaA greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greed, greediness, covetousness, rapacity.; Eagerness for food, glutto
The English word insatiable itself goes back to Latin satiō, through insatiabilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
insatiable
insatiabilis: inexplebilis (PROP. and figuratively.; e.g., stomachus; cupiditas, avaritia): insaturabilis (PROP.; e.g., paunch, abdomen). An insatiable love of reading, legendi aviditas (Vid: Cic., Fin., 3, 2, 7; also, Goerenz. and Orell. on the spurious and unnecessary addition of “inexhausta”).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for insatiable?
- The usual Latin words for “insatiable” are īnsatiābilis, inexplēbilis, īnsaturābilis; also stomachus, cupiditās, avāritia. 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.