English → Latin
“selfishness” in Latin
avāritiaA greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greed, greediness, covetousness, rapacity.; Eagerness for food, gluttocommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming; opportune, timely, tidy; pleasant, friendlyintegrēwholly, entirely; purely, correctly; irreproachably, honestly, without prejudice
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
selfishness
respectus privatarum rerum (Liv.): *privatae utilitatis studium: *suarum rerum studium: avaritia (avarice). From selfishness, commodi or quaestus sui, or utilitatis suae causa; respectu rerum privatarum, or (with reference to pecuniary advantage) pecuniae causa: to do anything for selfishness, referre aliquid ad utilitatem domesticam: to love anybody without selfishness, amare aliquem nulla utilitate quaesita (Cic.): without selfishness, integre; innocenter; suorum commodorum oblitus (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for selfishness?
- The usual Latin words for “selfishness” are avāritia, commodus, integrē. 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.