English → Latin
“insignificant” in Latin
levislight, not heavy; easy to digest; quick, swift, fleet, nimble, rapidmediocrismiddling, moderate, medium; tolerable, ordinary, normal; mediocre, indifferentminuōto make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize; to attenuate, appease, suppress, repress, quell; to dismember, tearexiguusstrict, exact; paltry, inadequate, small, scanty, slight, littleparvussmall; little; puny; cheap; petty; trifling; ignorable; unimportantīnfirmusweak, feeble; unhealthy, infirm, indisposed, sick; inconclusivevirman (adult male human); brave or courageous man, hero, warrior; husband
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
insignificant
levis: mediocris: minutus: exiguus: parvus, or parvus dictu: infirmus: (The words are found in this connection and order.) exiguus et infirmus: levis et infirmus (opposed to gravis et sanctus): nullus [SYN. in INCONSIDERABLE.] An insignificant person, vir or homo mediocris (of ordinary calibre); homo neque honore neque nomine illustris; homo ignobilis or obscurus: even an insignificant person, etiam levis persona [e.g., nomen imperii etiam in levi persona pertimescitur). Vid. INCONSIDERABLE, UNIMPORTANT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for insignificant?
- The usual Latin words for “insignificant” are levis, mediocris, minuō; also exiguus, parvus, īnfirmus. 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.