English → Latin
“obvious” in Latin
manifestuscaught in the act, plainly guilty; detected in the act, flagrant, plain; obvious, self-evidentperspicuustransparent, clear; evident, manifest, perspicuousēvidēnsapparent, visible, evident, manifest, plain, clearplānuslevel, flat, even; intelligible, clearillūstrisbright, shining, brilliant, lustrous; clear, lucid; illustrious, distinguished, famous, prominentpatiorto suffer, endure, tolerate; to allow, acquiesce, permit, submit; to exist, liveappāreōto appear, be visible, come into sight; to be evident, clear or certain; to appear as servant or aid (a lictor, scribe, liqueōto be liquid, fluid; to be clear, transparent, limpid; to be clear, evident, apparentclārusclear, bright; renowned, famous, famed, distinguished, illustrious, celebrated, glorious; upstanding, respected
The English word obvious itself goes back to Latin via, through obvius.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
obvious
manifestus, perspicuus, evidens, planus, illustris: to be obvious, patere, apparere (to be manifest): liquet (it is clear, self-evident): liquere; planum, clarum, perspicuum esse (to be clear or plain [SYN. in PLAIN]): this is not obvious to me, hoc mihi non constat: to me the matter is quite obvious, res solis luce mihi videtur clarior (after Cic., De Div., 1, 3, 6). Vid: also, CLEAR.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for obvious?
- The usual Latin words for “obvious” are manifestus, perspicuus, ēvidēns; also plānus, illūstris, patior. 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.