English → Latin
“penetration” in Latin
acuōto make pointed, sharpen, whet; to exercise, practice, improve; to spur, stimulate, arouseācersharp, sour, bitter, pungent; keen, sharp, acute, sagacious; energetic, active, vigorousingeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character; nature; disposition, temper, inclination; intelligence, natural capacityacūmena sharpened pointsagācitāskeenness (of perception), acuteness (of the senses); sagacity, shrewdnesssollersskilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert; ingenious, sagacious, clever, intelligent, inventivesubtīlitāsfineness, thinness, slenderness, minuteness; keenness, acuteness; exactness, subtletycalliditāsshrewdness, readiness, aptness; skill, skilfulness; cunning, craft, slyness, artfulness
The English word penetration itself goes back to Latin penetrō, through penetrātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
penetration
acumen or acies ingenii; acutum, acre, ingenium (Cic.); ingenii sagacitas (Ern.); ingenii felicitas (Ruhnken); animus acrior (Cic.); or simply ingenium; acumen; sagacitas; sollertia; subtilitas; calliditas: to be a man of great penetration, ingenio esse acerrimo, acutissimo; ingenii acumine florere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for penetration?
- The usual Latin words for “penetration” are acuō, ācer, ingenium; also acūmen, sagācitās, sollers. 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.