English → Latin
“unimpassioned” in Latin
placidusPlacid, gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful, tranquil; Ripe, mellow; Not wild, fruitful, suitable for cultivationquiētusat rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude, quietness; peaceful, neutral; tranquil, calmsēdōto allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease; to end, stop or staysummittōto place underneath; to put forth (from below); to rear or raise (animals)lēnissoft, smooth, gentle, moderate, mild, calm; graduallanguidusfaint, weak; dull, languid; sluggish, slowvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of; without; free; unoccupiedcupiditāsdesire (deemed good, neutral or bad); lust, passion; cupidity, avarice, greed, covetousness
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unimpassioned
placidus: quietus: quem animi motus, perturbationes non tangunt (calm, free from emotion or passion, tranquil, as a commendation; all of persons): sedatus: placidus: summissus: lenis (gentle, calm; opposed to fortis; of speech, as a commendation): languidus (feeble, weak; of speech, as blame): animi perturbatione liber or vacuus (without violent emotion of mind): cupiditatis or cupiditatum expers: omni cupiditate carens: cupiditate privatus: cupiditate intactus (free from desires). To be quite unimpassioned, ab omni animi perturbatione liberum or vacuum esse; omni perturbatione animi carere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unimpassioned?
- The usual Latin words for “unimpassioned” are placidus, quiētus, sēdō; also summittō, lēnis, languidus. 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.