English → Latin
“unclean” in Latin
immundusunclean, impure, dirty, filthy, foulspurcusdirty, foul, unclean; morally-polluted, base, meanobscēnusinauspicious, ominous, portentous; repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy; immodest, impure, indesordidusdirty, filthy, nasty; of poor, mean, base quality, low-browhorridusrough, bristly, shaggy; rude, rough, uncouth, unpolished, untrimmed; awful, dreadful, horrible, horrid, frightful, fearfsquālidusstiff, rough; dirty, foul, filthy, neglected, squalidprae-fore-; in charge; of very high degree
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unclean
non mundus: immundus (prae- and post-classical, and poetical; unclean, impure): spurcus (filthy, nasty; disgusting to the eyes or nose; figuratively of moral impurity): obscenus or obscoenus (exciting disgust, horror, loathing, when seen or heard; e.g., pictures, speeches, etc.; versus obscenissimi, Cic.): sordidus: horridus: squalidus. Unclean language, verborum turpitudo (opposed to rerum obscenitas, Cic.). To use unclean language, verbis obscenis uti: obscena dicere: obsceno jocandi genere uti. [Vid. DIRTY, IMPURE.] ☞ Immundus, prae- and post-classical, poetical.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unclean?
- The usual Latin words for “unclean” are immundus, spurcus, obscēnus; also sordidus, horridus, squālidus. 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.