English → Latin
“uncultivated” in Latin
incultusuntilled, uncultivated; neglected; unadorned, unpolishedagrestisrural; rustic; wild (of or pertaining to land, fields or the countryside); clownish; rude; uncultivated; coarse; savage;rudisrough, raw, uncultivated; unrefined, unskilled, awkward; rudeimpolītusrough, unpolishedintōnsusunshaven, unshorn; leafy (not cut)inurbānusrustic, ungraceful, unmannerlyinvenustusunlovely, unattractive, homely, ugly; unhappy in loveinēlegānsinelegantvacōto be empty, void; to be unoccupied, vacant; to be idle, at leisure
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
uncultivated
PROP., incultus (e.g., field, district; opposed to cultus or consitus): vastus ab natura et humano cultu (of what is also naturally wild and desolate; e.g., mountain; Sall., Jug., 48, 2). To be uncultivated, vacare (of countries, districts).
Figuratively, agrestis: rudis (rude, uncultivated): incultus (uncultivated, whether in manner or mind): impolitus: intonsus (unpolished). (The words are found in this connection and order.) intonsus et incultus: inurbanus (uncourteous): invenustus (without attractive beauty): inelegans (tasteless).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for uncultivated?
- The usual Latin words for “uncultivated” are incultus, agrestis, rudis; also impolītus, intōnsus, inurbānus. 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.