English → Latin
“visible” in Latin
aspectābilisvisible; worth seeingpossumbe able to, can, may; in the 3rd person singular (pote est): it may be, it is possible; to have influence or efficacy, tveniōto come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach; of metaphorical movement in general; to approachcōnspicuusvisible; striking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable (attracting attention)manifestuscaught in the act, plainly guilty; detected in the act, flagrant, plain; obvious, self-evident
The English word visible itself goes back to Latin videō, through visibilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
visible
(PROP.) aspectabilis: quod cerni, oculis cerni, potest: quod cadit, venit, in, sub aspectum: quod cadit sub oculos, in conspectum: quod ante oculos positum est: quod aspectu sentitur: quod in cernendi sensum cadit: conspicuus (strikingly visible, Hor., Phaedrus, Tac.): subjectus oculis (Liv.): sub oculos (plainly visible, Quint. ☞ Avoid visibilis, Apul., late). The visible world, mundus quem cernimus (Cic., Univ., 2); quae sub aspectum cadunt (ibid. 4); haec omnia quas videmus (Cic., Cat., 3, 9, 21); ea quae sunt quaeque cernuntur omnia (Cic., Fin., 1, 6, 17): visible things, quae oculis cernimus; quae sub oculos cadunt; que aspectu sentiuntur (Cic.): to be visible, oculis, aspectu cerni; ante oculos positum esse (Cic.): in oculis situm esse (Sall.); sub oculis esse; oculis subjectim esse (Liv.); in prospectu esse (Caes.); in oculos incurrere; sub or in oculos, in conspectum, sub aspectum, cadere; conspici; apparere: to render visible, subjicere aliquid oculis, sub oculos, or sub aspectum: aperire: to become visible, in conspectum dari; aperiri; se aperire (opposed to occultari, delitescere); sub oculos subjici (Quint.); oculis se dare (Plin., Ep., Sen.).
Figuratively, Apparent, clear, manifest, manifestus: promptus: apertus: evidens: expressus: illustris: perspicuus. To be visible, apparere; patere; manifestum esse. Vid: also, APPARENT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for visible?
- The usual Latin words for “visible” are aspectābilis, possum, veniō; also cōnspicuus, manifestus. 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.