English → Latin
“pious” in Latin
piuspious, devout; dutiful, loyal, conscientious; good, blessedsānctussacred, made inviolable, having been established as sacred.; sanctified or made holy; venerable, august, divine, blessedreligiōsuspious, devout, religious; scrupulous; sacred, taboocastusmorally pure, guiltless, spotless; especially in regard to sexual morality: pure, chaste, unpolluted, virtuous, continenintegercomplete, whole, intact, uninjured, sound, healthy
The English word pious itself goes back to Latin pius.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pious
pius (one who maintains respect and love to God, his country, parents, and all who are near to him; where the sense is not evident from the context, erga Deum, erga patriam, etc., must be added): sanctus (pleasing or acceptable to God). (The words are found in this connection and order.) sanctus piusque; religiosus (religious, conscientious). (The words are found in this connection and order.) religiosus sanctusque; sanctus et religiosus; diligens religionum cultor (who zealously complies with religious observances): castus (pure): integer (blameless in his course of life; ☞ integer vitae is poetical); (The words are found in this connection and order.) integer castusque: to be pious, pie Deum (or Deos) colere: to be very pious, Deum (or Deos) summa religione colere; omnia quae ad cultum Dei (or Deorum) pertinent diligenter tractate.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pious?
- The usual Latin words for “pious” are pius, sānctus, religiōsus; also castus, integer. 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.