English → Latin
“lukewarmness” in Latin
teporgentle warmth; tepidityfrīguscold, coldness, coolness, chilliness; the cold of winter; winter; frost; the coldness of death; deathsēgnitiasloth, slowness, tardiness, sluggishness, inactivity
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lukewarmness
PROP., tepor.
Figuratively, tepida mens (Ov.); frigus; nulla cura; segnitia. Lukewarmness in religion, rerum divinarum paene nulla cura; lentus animus et paene rigidus in rebus divinis; imminutum rerum divinarum studium.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lukewarmness?
- The usual Latin words for “lukewarmness” are tepor, frīgus, sēgnitia. 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.