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“phlegmatically” in Latin
tardusslow, sluggish; tardy; late, lingeringanimuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, inerswithout skill, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, crude; inactive, lazy, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert; worthless; st
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
phlegmatically
PROP., phlegmatice.
Figuratively, tarde; animo, or ingenio tardo, or inerti (slowly): lento animo (without sensibility).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for phlegmatically?
- The usual Latin words for “phlegmatically” are tardus, animus, iners. 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.