English → Latin
“involuntarily” in Latin
imprūdēnsignorant of; unaware; inadvertent, imprudenttemereby chance, by accident, at random; without design, intent, or purpose; casually, fortuitously, rashly, heedlessly, thougulterthat is beyondspontefreely, willingly, voluntarily, spontaneouslycōgōto collect, assemble, gather together; to restrict or confine in space; to force, compel, urge, encourage, finagle
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
involuntarily
imprudenter: per imprudentiam, or adjective, imprudens (unconsciously, inadvertently): temere: inconsulte ac temere: temere ac fortuito: ultro: sponte (of one’s own accord). Sometimes by coactus, etc., or by non voluntate; or by nescio quo pacto (e.g., nescio quo pacto ab eo, quod erat a te propositum, aberravit oratio): he uttered that exclamation (made that remark, etc.) quite involuntarily, excidit ei nolenti dictum illud.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for involuntarily?
- The usual Latin words for “involuntarily” are imprūdēns, temere, ulter; also sponte, cōgō. 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.