English → Latin
“morality” in Latin
honestusfull of or regarded with honor; honorable; of high birth; noble; distinguished; respectable; eminent; bring or deservingvirtūsmanhood, manliness, virility; courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry; virtue, goodnesshonestāsrespectability; honor, honour, honorableness; (honorable) character, integrity, probity, virtuevirman (adult male human); brave or courageous man, hero, warrior; husband
The English word morality itself goes back to Latin mōs, through mōrālitās.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
morality
mores, morum conditio (moral quality) honestas, honestum (moral goodness): virtus (moral worth): honestatis or virtutis studium (the pursuit of morality): true, genuine morality, honestum quod proprie vereque dicitur: men of tried morality, viri, quorum vita in rebus honestis perspecta est: the demands of friendship are not opposed to morality, in amicitia, quae honesta non sunt, non postulantur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for morality?
- The usual Latin words for “morality” are honestus, virtūs, honestās; also vir. 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.