English → Latin
“just” in Latin
aequusequal; level, even, flat, horizontal; calmaccūrōto take care of, do something with care, attend or give attention toiūstusjust, righteous; lawful, legal; justified, merited, well-deserved, dueconcurrōto run with others, flock together; to meet, clash, dash together, strike one another; to take refugemodō̆just, only, merely, simply; recently, just now; presentlyquaerōto seek, look for; to ask, question, seek or search for a thing, inquire, query, interrogate; to strive for; endeavor; splānuslevel, flat, even; intelligible, clearprōrsusforwards; straight forward; directly; certainly, truly, precisely, utterly, absolutelyomnīnōin all things, in all ways, entirely, utterly, altogether, wholly; in all, altogether, only, just; in any thing, in any ipsehimself, herself, itself, the very, the actual; specific reference to the chief, the leader, the one, etc., used to dist
The English word just itself goes back to Latin iūstus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
just
Justus (in all the relations of the English word; of persons and things; e.g., of judges, complaints, tears, punishments, etc.): aequus (equitable, fair; of persons): legitfromus (in conformity with the laws, etc.; of things). To prefer a just claim to anything, jure suo or recte postulare aliquid. The just mean, mediocritas illa, quae est inter nimium et parum.
Exact, accurate, Vid:
just s.
certamen equitum hastis concurrentium. Vid: TOURNAMENT.
just v.
concurrere (cum aliquo, contra aliquem, alicui, or absolutely).
just adv.
Just now, jam (e.g., haec, quae jam posui): vixdum: vix tandem (of a wish long felt, and now at length gratified; vix tandem legi litteras dignas Appio Claudio): tantum quod: modo.
But just... when, vix or vixdum... cum: commode or commodum... cum; tantum quod... cum [Vid: examples under HARDLY]: to be just going to do anything, jam facturum esse aliquid.
Only; this and no more (in wishes, commands, permissions, etc.), modo: quaeso (I beg). Just let me, sine modo. Do just stay, mane modo: do just go, abi modo.
Exactly, plane: prorsus: omnino (in all): ipse (itself; used with numerals in exact designations of time, etc.; e.g., triginta dies erant ipsi, cum has dabam litteras, per quos, etc.: just at the right moment, tempore ipso, Terentianus).
Just so (in ansivers), ita est; ita, inquam; ita enim vero; sane quidem; or by repetition of the verb that makes the question; e.g., deditisne vos, etc.? Dedimus.
Just as if, perinde ac si; perinde quasi; less commonly proinde ut or ac [Vid: Pr., Introd. ii., 369]; non secus ac si; similiter, ut si or ac si; juxta ac si (all with subjunctive).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for just?
- The usual Latin words for “just” are aequus, accūrō, iūstus; also concurrō, modō̆, quaerō. 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.