English → Latin
“partial” in Latin
cupiduseager, desirous, passionate, fond (+ genitive or + in ablative); greedy, covetous; wanton, lecherousfaveōto be favorable, to be well disposed or inclined towards, to favor, promote, befriend, countenance, protect; to favor; taddīcōto be propitious to, favour, speak favourably (of); to attribute, assign or ascribe something to someone; appoint, desig
The English word partial itself goes back to Latin pars, through partiālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
partial
In part, per partes (by parts, not the whole at once): ex parte (only in part; opposed to totus): nonnulla parte (when the parts of a whole must be considered singly).
Disposed to favor one parly to the prejudice of another, alterius partis studiosus: in alterius favorem inclinatus (opposed to neutral; impartial): cupidus (acting with passion and private feeling; opposed to impartial): alteri parti or causae studens, favens, addictus (after Cic., Caes.): non integer (not unprejudiced; of persons): ad gratiam factus (of things done with the view of favoring a person or party; e.g., lectio): partial judges, judices cupidi (Cic.). A partial judgement, judicium cupidius dictum: *sententia ad gratiam dicta.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for partial?
- The usual Latin words for “partial” are cupidus, faveō, addīcō. 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.