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“odious” in Latin

The English word odious itself goes back to Latin odium, through odiōsus.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

odious
odiosus; invisus; invidiosus. To render anybody odious, alicui invidiam facere or conflare.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for odious?
The usual Latin words for “odious” are odiōsus, invideō, invidiōsus; also cōnflō. 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.