English → Latin
“vaunt” in Latin
glōriorto boast or brag; to gloryīnsolēnsunusual; contrary to custom or one’s own custom; arrogant, haughty, insolentiactōto throw, cast, hurl; to scatter, toss; to disturb, disquiet, torment, agitate, shockostentōto exhibit, show, present; to show off, make a boastful display of; to offer as an exampleiactātiōshaking, agitationostentātiōexhibition, display, showing offvendĭtātĭoa specious display
The English word vaunt itself goes back to Latin vānus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
vaunt v.
se efferre: se jactare (insolenter): gloriari: gloria et praedicatione sese efferre. To vaunt of or in a thing, aliqua re, or de or in aliqua re gloriari; jactare, ostentare, venditare aliquid. He vaunts and brags as high as ever, nec quicquam jam loquitur modestius: he vaunts of his villany, in facinore et scelere gloriatur: he vaunts of his own deeds, suarum laudum praeco est; sua narrat facinora.
vaunt s.
jactatio: ostentatio: venditatio (of something, alicujus rei): ostentatio sui: jactantia sui. To make a vaunt of, jactare, ostentare, venditare aliquid; aliqua re gloriari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for vaunt?
- The usual Latin words for “vaunt” are glōrior, īnsolēns, iactō; also ostentō, iactātiō, ostentātiō. 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.