English → Latin
“openly” in Latin
pālaA shovel, spade.; blade; The bezel of a ring.aperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear; to make visible, discover, show, reveal, lay open; to unclose, open, break manifestuscaught in the act, plainly guilty; detected in the act, flagrant, plain; obvious, self-evidentprōpalamin full view, openly, publicly, notoriously, manifestlycandidusshining white; clear, bright; fair, beautifullibetto be pleasing; to be agreeablesimplexsingle; simple, plain, uncompounded; pure, unmixed
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
openly
PROPR., palam (opposed to clam): aperte (opposed to occulte): manifesto (palpably): propalam (courting observation).
Figuratively, Candidly, ingenuously, aperte (opposed to occulte, tecte); candide; libere; simpliciter.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for openly?
- The usual Latin words for “openly” are pāla, aperiō, manifestus; also prōpalam, candidus, libet. 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.