English → Latin
“personality” in Latin
contumēliainsult, reproach, contumely, abuse, mistreatment; affront, invective; humiliation, injury; assault, violencepungōto prick; to puncture; to sting
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
personality
Individuality, alicujus persona. The personality of Satan, *persona diaboli: to deny the personality of the evil spirit, *diabolum naturam esse corpoream negare.
Remark directed against an individual, contumelia: plur., acerbe dicta, quibus aliquis aliquem perstringit, pungit: to abstain from personalities, abstinere omni verborum contumelia (after Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for personality?
- The usual Latin words for “personality” are contumēlia, pungō. 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.