What is the Latin word for reputation, repute?

The usual Latin words for “reputation, repute” are fāma, exīstimātiō, nōmen; also īnfāmia. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“reputation, repute” in Latin

fāmafame; rumour, talk, opinion, report; reputation exīstimātiōjudgement, opinion (normally good); reputation, honour, character, credit nōmenname; short for nomen gentile, nomen, the family name in a Roman name, indicating the person's gens; title īnfāmiabad reputation or repute, ill fame, dishonor, disgrace, infamy, reproach

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

reputation, repute

fama: existimatio (good or bad repute): Good repute, bona fama: bona existimatio; also simply fama (Vid: Herzog., ad Sall., Cat., 25, 3): existimatio: nomen: high repute, magna fama, existimatio: bad repute, infamia: mala fama: mala existimatio: to be in good repute, bene audire: bene existimatur de aliquo (Cic.): in fama esse (Tac., Hist., 2, 73): to be in bad repute, male audire (Cic.): in infamia esse (Terentianus): esse infamia (Cic.): infamia aspersum esse (Nep.): infamiam habere (Caes.): to be in very bad repute, infamia flagrare (Cic.): in bad repute, infamis: to bring into repute, ad famam proferre (Tac., Ann., 16, 18): in famam provehere aliquem (Plin., Ep., 9, 14): to be in repute, esse in numero aliquo et honore: aliquem numerum obtinere: to be in very great repute, magno honore esse (apud aliquem): to care for one’s repute, famae servire (Nep.), consulere (Sall.): famae studere (Quint.): existimationi servire (Cic.): to be tender or careful of another’s repute, existimationi alicujus consulere, servire: to injure or detract from anybody’s reputation, famam alicujus laedere, atterere (Sall.): existimationem alicujus perdere (Auct., ad Her.): spoliare aliquem fama (Cic.): est aliquid contra famam alicujus (Cic.): detrahere de fama alicujus (Cic.): obtrectare alicujus gloriae, laudibus (Livy, when the reputation is high): infamiam alicui movere (Liv.), ferre or parare (Tac.), inferre (Cic.): infamare aliquem (rarely; Nep., Quint.: ☞ not diffamare aliquem, late): invidiam alicui facere (Suet.): to lose reputation, amittere famam: deserit aliquem fama.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for reputation, repute?: The usual Latin words for “reputation, repute” are fāma, exīstimātiō, nōmen; also īnfāmia. 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.