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“senseless” in Latin
attonōto strike with lightning; to distract; to stun, stupefy, fascinateīnsulsusunsalted, flavorless; deprived of wit, not clever, dull, stupid, absurd; bungling, awkwardabsurdusdiscordant, harsh; incongruous, inconsistent, illogical; silly, stupid, senseless, absurd, worthlessineptusunsuitable; impertinent, improper, tasteless; senseless, sillyfatuusfoolish, silly, simple, stupid; insipid, tasteless; awkward, clumsy, unwieldyaliēnōto change the nature of a person or thing into something else; to make something the property of another, transfer by sa
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
senseless
Without (external) senses, sensation, etc., sensu carens: sensibus orbatus: attonitus (thunder-struck): sensus expers: a sensu (or sensibus) alienatus: nihil sentiens (PROP., without sensation; e.g., tollere aliquem sopitum vulnere ac nihil sentientem, Liv., 42, 16). To be senseless, sensu carere; nihil sentire; nullius rei sensu moveri; a sensu abesse or alienatum esse (without sensation); durum, ferreum, inhumanum esse; inhumano esse ingenio (figuratively, unfeeling).
Irrational, Vid:
Foolish, silly, insulsus (= in - salsus): absurdus (foolish, senseless): ineptus (= in - aptus, without tact and propriety): inficetus (opposed to facetus: all three of persons or things): fatuus (weak, foolish; of persons). (The words are found in this connection and order.) ineptus et absurdus. Very senseless, perabsurdus: to be senseless, ineptire; nugari, nugas agere: a senseless expression, verbum inane (not omni sensu carens) :
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for senseless?
- The usual Latin words for “senseless” are attonō, īnsulsus, absurdus; also ineptus, fatuus, aliēnō. 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.