English → Latin
“unmanly” in Latin
effēminōto weaken or enervate; to make feminine or emasculatemollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible, supple; mild, tenderillīberālisignoble, ungenerous, sordid, mean, disobliging; niggardly, graspingvōxvoice; accent; speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phraseēducātiōthe act of breeding, rearing or bringing up; educationmēnsmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgementanimuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, facinusdeed, action, doing; adventure, venture, undertaking; crime, wickedness, evil deed
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unmanly
viro indignus (unworthy of a man): effeminatus (effeminate): mollis (weak; e.g., vox; educatio; mens, animus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) effeminatus et mollis: illiberalis (unworthy of a free-born man, ignoble, vile; e.g., mind, mens; deed, facinus).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unmanly?
- The usual Latin words for “unmanly” are effēminō, mollis, illīberālis; also vōx, ēducātiō, mēns. 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.