English → Latin
“perplexed” in Latin
conturbōto confuse, confound; to throw into confusion; to disturb, disquiet; to become bankrupt; to throw accounts into disarrayperturbōto confuse; to disturb or perturb, trouble or alarmcōnfundōto pour, mingle, stir up; to diffuse, suffuse, spread over; to unite, mix together, join, combine, mingleinconditusirregular, disordered, confused; uncouth, rudeimpediōto hinder, impede, prevent, obstruct, hamper, thwart; to embarrassperplexusentangled, involved, intricate, confused; unintelligible, complicated, intricate, inscrutable, ambiguous; dark, obscurecōnsternōto alarm, shock, startle, terrify, throw into confusioncommoveōto move something in violent motion, move; shake, stir, shift, agitate; to remove something from somewhere, carry away, permoveōto move, shake up or stir up thoroughly, agitate; to move deeply; stir or rouse up, overrule, excite, arouse; upset; infpercutiōto strike, beat; to make an impression on the mind, touch, please, delight, astonish, shock; to kill
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
perplexed
(Of things)(Of things), turbarus: conturbatus: perturbatus (put or thrown into disorder; conturbatus and perturbatus also = confounded): confusus (out of order; then also = confounded); (The words are found in this connection and order.) conturbatus et confusus: inconditus (not PROP. arranged): impeditus (difficult, not easily to be unravelled, as it were, etc.): perplexus (unintelligible, obscure, intricate): a perplexed speech, oratio confusa; sermo perplexus: a perplexed and intricate affair, res impedita, contorta, difficilis; (The words are found in this connection and order.) difficilis et contorta.
(Of persons)(Of persons), perturbatus: (animo) consternatus (beside one’s self, put out of one’s way): (animo) confusus (disturbed): commotus: permotus (agitated): percussus (shaken): perterritus (violently frightened): perplexed in one’s head (mind), mente turbata: my head is quite perplexed, sum animo conturbato et incerto: to make anybody perplexed, alicujus mentem turbare (of the understanding): alicujus animum confundere (of the mind, the courage, etc.): aliquem conturbare or perturbare (to confuse anybody): to become perplexed, mente turbari (to become perplexed in one’s head): memoria turbari: memoria alicujus confunditur (anybody’s recollection becomes perplexed).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for perplexed?
- The usual Latin words for “perplexed” are conturbō, perturbō, cōnfundō; also inconditus, impediō, perplexus. 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.