English → Latin
“insufficiency” in Latin
inopshelpless, destitute, indigent, poor; deprived, lacking, needy (+ genitive or ab + ablative); mean, wretched, contemptiblangustĭaesingfrūmentumgrainfrūmentāriusof, related to or concerned with grain, corn; of, related to or concerned with supplying, foraging, producing or storingstīpendiumtax, impost, tribute, contribution; dues; pay, stipend (military)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
insufficiency
sometimes inopia (want; e.g., of provisions, frumenti or frumentaria): angustiae (scanty supply; of provisions, rei frumentariae; of pay, stipendii, Tac.): imbecillitas et inopia: imbecillitas et egestas (insufficiency of an individual to supply his own wants; e.g., propter imbecillitatem atque inopiam desiderata sit amicitia, Cic.; amicitia ex imbecillitate atque egestate nata, Cic.). Or by circumlocution with non sufficere or sufficientem esse; non idoneum esse (of authority, evidence, etc.); ad probandum infirmum (et nugatorium) esse (of proofs). To feel one’s own weakness and insufficiency, minimum in se esse arbitrari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for insufficiency?
- The usual Latin words for “insufficiency” are inops, angustĭae, frūmentum; also frūmentārius, stīpendium. 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.