English → Latin
“powerless” in Latin
invalidusinfirm, impotent, weak, feebleimbēcillusweak, feeble; cowardlyīnfirmusweak, feeble; unhealthy, infirm, indisposed, sick; inconclusivedēbilisweak, frail, feeble; lame, disabled, crippled, infirm, debilitatedinerswithout skill, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, crude; inactive, lazy, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert; worthless; stexsanguisDeprived of blood, without or lacking in blood; bloodless.; Pale, wan.; Powerless, feeble, weak, exhausted.ēnervōto remove the nerves and sinews; to enervate, weaken; to make effeminateieiūnusfasting, abstinent, hungry; dry, barren, unproductive; scanty, meagerlanguidusfaint, weak; dull, languid; sluggish, slowirritusinvalid, void, null and void; ineffective, useless, irrelevant
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
powerless
invalidus (not strong, ineffectual, inefficacious; opposed to fortis and valens): imbecillus (weak; of persons; especially of invalids and old persons: then, also, of food, drink, etc.; opposed to firmus, fortis, and valens: ☞ imbecillus is a late form): infirmus (without firmness and strength; opposed to firmus): debilis (crippled): iners (without energy, life, or motion; of persons and of things): exsanguis (lifeless): enervatus (unnerved, exhausted, PROP., of persons; with velut prefixed also, of ihe state): jejunus (poor, dry; of land, style of a speech and the speaker): languidus (feeble): irritus (invalid; opposed to ratus). To be powerless, invalidum, etc., esse; deficiunt mihi vires (strength fails me): to make or render powerless, vires, or nervos, or vires et robur frangere, nervos incidere, debilitare (to weaken): irritum reddere (to invalidate): to become powerless, vires amittere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for powerless?
- The usual Latin words for “powerless” are invalidus, imbēcillus, īnfirmus; also dēbilis, iners, exsanguis. 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.