English → Latin
“voiceless” in Latin
ēlinguisdeprived of a tongue, tongueless; speechless; without elegance or incapable of elegancemūtusmute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate; Used as a specific epithet.stupidussenseless, stunned, amazed; stupid; dull
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
voiceless
Silent, mute, sine voce (general term): elinguis (of one who cannot articulate a sound or word; without speech or tongue): mutus (speechless from nature, mute). (The words are found in this connection and order.) mutus et elinguis: mutus atque elinguis (opposed to facundus): stupidus (that has lost his voice from amazement, etc.). I am voiceless, nihil fari queo: to make anybody voiceless or speechless, aliquem elinguem reddere. [Vid: also, DUMB.]
Having no vote, cui suffragii latio non est.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for voiceless?
- The usual Latin words for “voiceless” are ēlinguis, mūtus, stupidus. 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.