English → Latin
“such” in Latin
tālissuch; so or such a distinguished, great, excellent, or importanteiusmodīof this sort; of such a kind; in such a mannerhuiusmodīOf this kind, such; likewise, the likehicthis one; this (thing); these ones (in the plural); these (things); he, she, it
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
such
talis (relatively qualis, such a one; as: also = Greek τοιοῦτος, so great, so good, etc.): ejusmodi: hujusmodi (of that or this kind or sort): hujus or ejus generis, id genus (of that kind): often is or hic only (e.g., mater... cujus ea crudelitas, ut nemo earn matrem appellare possit). And more such, et quae sunt generis ejusdem; et id genus alia: and several such, atque ejusdem generis complura: such is the nature of man, natura hominum ita est comparata (☞ not instituta) ut etc.: such is the fact, sic res est; ita res se habet: he is just such as I wished him to be, ut volebam eum esse, ita est (Terentianus): in such wise, tali modo; eo modo; ita; sic: of such sort, talis; ejusmodi; ejus generis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for such?
- The usual Latin words for “such” are tālis, eiusmodī, huiusmodī; also hic. 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.