English → Latin
“limited” in Latin
circumcīdōto cut around, make an incision around, clip, trim; circumcise; ring (a bark); to cut off, shorten, diminish, abridge, cbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short; short, low, shallowtenuisthin, slender, slim, lank; especially; fine, rare, thin; pure, clear, not coarse; weak, feeble, tenuousimbēcillusweak, feeble; cowardlytardusslow, sluggish; tardy; late, lingeringhebesblunt, dull, not sharp or pointed; dim, faint, dull; tasteless, without smell, without sensation; dull, obtuse, sluggishanimuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, ingeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character; nature; disposition, temper, inclination; intelligence, natural capacity
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
limited
participial adjective, circumcisus (cut short): brevis (short). (The words are found in this connection and order.) circumcisus et brevis: tenuis (weak; e.g., animus, ingenium): imbecillus (post-Augustan, imbecillis, naturally weak in mind): tardus (slow): hebes (dull; e.g., ingenium). A limited time, temporis angustiae: what is so limited, so short, as the longest life of man? quid tam circumcisum, tam breve, quam hominis vita longissima? (Plin., Ep., 3, 7, 11.)
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for limited?
- The usual Latin words for “limited” are circumcīdō, brevis, tenuis; also imbēcillus, tardus, hebes. 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.