English → Latin
“shameless” in Latin
impudēnsshameless, without shame, arrogant, impudent; not ashamed of immoral behaviorcōnfīdō(+ Dative of the person and e + ablative of the thing or in/de + ablative) to be confident or assured of, confide in, beimpudīcusshameless, impudent; unchaste, impure, immodest, immoral, lewdinverēcundusshameless; impudent
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shameless
impudens (of one that has no shame, in general): confidens (bold, in a bad sense): impudicus (of one who has no natural shame, unchaste): inverecundus (immodest). A shameless fellow, or without shame, homo quem libidinis infamiaeque neque pudet neque taedet: he is a shameless fellow, vereri perdidit (he has lost all shame or proper feelings, Plaut., Bacch., 1, 2, 50). To turn quite shameless, pudorem ponere; omnem verecundiam effundere (to strip one’s self of all feelings of decency).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shameless?
- The usual Latin words for “shameless” are impudēns, cōnfīdō, impudīcus; also inverēcundus. 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.