English → Latin
“least” in Latin
parvussmall; little; puny; cheap; petty; trifling; ignorable; unimportantīnferuslow; the souls of the dead; the netherworld, the underworld, Hellultimusthe furthest or farthest, most distant, most remote, the utmost or uttermost, extreme, last; last, final, ultimate, end;nihilnothing; nothing; nihil or nil + the enclitic particle -ne, nihilne or nilne — more emphatic in a negative sense, a stro
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
least adj.
minimus (smallest): infimus (lowest): ultimus (last). Not the least doubt, ne minima quidem dubitatio: it is not the least praise, non ultima or infima laus est: not in the least, nihil (in no respect); ne minima quidtm re (not even in a trifle); minime (bi; no means): least of all, omnium minime (Liv.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for least?
- The usual Latin words for “least” are parvus, īnferus, ultimus; also nihil. 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.