English → Latin
“speechless” in Latin
mūtusmute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate; Used as a specific epithet.ēlinguisdeprived of a tongue, tongueless; speechless; without elegance or incapable of elegancepraeclūdōto close or block; to forbid access tostupidussenseless, stunned, amazed; stupid; dull
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
speechless
mutus (dumb): elinguis (deprived of the faculty of speech; e.g., from fear). To render anybody speechless, aliquem elinguem reddere; alicui usum linguae auferre (of a thing; Ov., Met., 14, 99): to be or become speechless, elinguem esse; linguae usu defectum esse: I am or become speechless, vox me deficit; aliquid mihi vocem intercludit or praecludit (anything deprives me of the power of utterance). Speechless from amazement, stupidus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for speechless?
- The usual Latin words for “speechless” are mūtus, ēlinguis, praeclūdō; also stupidus. 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.