English → Latin
“passionate” in Latin
impotēnsPowerless, weak, feeble, impotent, helpless, puny.; Unable to control, having no power over; incapable of.; Unbridled, uvehemēnsvery eager; impetuous, ardent, furious; vehement; emphaticārdeōto burn (be consumed by fire); to glow; to glisten with a feature, usually with a colourīrācundushasty of temper, hot-tempered, irritable, irascible, predisposed to anger, prone to anger, quick to anger; passionate, wīraire, anger, wrathlaetitiajoy, gladness, happiness, pleasure, delightpostulōto demand, ask, request, desire; to pretend, claim; to prosecute, accuse, impeach, sue
The English word passionate itself goes back to Latin passiōnātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
passionate
impotens (not master of his passions; also with the passion of which one is not master in the genitive; e.g., irae, laetitiae: also, that in which one is not his own master e.g., laetitia, postulatum): vehemens, ardens (vehement, burning).
Given to bursts of anger, etc., irae impotens: iracundus: ad iram proclivis; in iram praeceps.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for passionate?
- The usual Latin words for “passionate” are impotēns, vehemēns, ārdeō; also īrācundus, īra, laetitia. 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.