English → Latin
“venal” in Latin
vēnaa vein, blood vessel; a watercourse; a vein of metalsvēnālisfor sale; venalincorruptusunspoiled, uninjured, uncorrupted; not spoiled or seduced unadulterated, unbribed; genuine, pureabstineōto abstain; to keep, stay off or away, hold at a distance, avoid; to allow, let
The English word venal itself goes back to Latin vēnum, through vēnālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
venal
Pertaining to the veins, by genitive, venae or venarum.
Open to bribery and corruption, mercenary, venalis (Cic.): pretio venalis (Liv.): numarius (opposed to integer, incorruptus, abstinens). Venal judges, judices numarii (Cic., Att., 1, 16, 8).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for venal?
- The usual Latin words for “venal” are vēna, vēnālis, incorruptus; also abstineō. 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.