English → Latin
“unmarried” in Latin
caelebsunmarried, single; associated with or pertaining to being single, solitary or unmarried; of a genus name: not yet formalviduusdestitute, deprived; widowed, bereavedmarītusmarital, matrimonial, conjugalcaelibātuscelibacy, the celibate
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unmarried
caelebs: vidua (the former of a man, the latter of a woman, whether the person was previously married or not; opposed to maritus, marita; Vid: Suet., Galb., 5; Liv., 1, 46, 7). The unmarried life, the unmarried state, vita caelebs; caelibatus (of a man); *conditio viduae (of a woman: in Tert., De virginibus velandis, 9, called viduatus): to live unmarried, caelibem (viduam) esse; caelibem vitam vivere: to remain unmarried, numquam viro nubere (never to marry a husband); numquam uxorem ducere (never to take a wife; both of single persons); remanere, permanere in caelibatu (of widowed persons); matrimonio abstinere: to have always remained unmarried, uxorem numquam habuisse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unmarried?
- The usual Latin words for “unmarried” are caelebs, viduus, marītus; also caelibātus. 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.