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“without” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

without
preposition,
Denoting want or absence, sine. (☞ Avoid absque in prose; it is found only in the comedians, and in writers after the best age; the few passages of Cic. from which it has been cited are doubtful; nor was it used as exactly equivalent to sine until the later period of the language. ☞ Avoid, also, citra; Vid: Zumpt, §306; Ramsh., § 150, 3). Without hope, sine spe: without delay, sine mora: without doubt, sine dubio: without distinction, sine discrimine: without any, etc., sine ullo, etc. (☞ Avoid omnis in this connection; e.g., do not say sine omni dubitatione for sine ulla dubitatione.) “Without” may often be expressed by the use of nullus; e.g., nullo labore; nulla molestia; nullo delectu; nulla elegantia; nullo ordine: also by various (negative) adjectives, adverbs, and verbs; e.g., imprudens, imprudenter; incautus, incaute; impudens, impudenter, etc.: without intermission, continenter (Caes..): without learning or refinement, expers eruditionis, humanitatis: without care, vacans ab omni molestia; vacans curis. To be without feeling, sensu carere: without friends, help, inops ab amicis; inops auxilii.
Denoting exclusion, sine; praeter (except; Vid: also, EXCEPT): I know that without your telling me, hoc, a te non monitus, non edoctus, scio: he does nothing without his friend, nihil agit, molitur, priusquam amicum consulerit.
On the outside of, extra.
Without, before the participial substantive: (1) by non with, a participle, or a negative adjective with prefix in-; e.g., fecit aliquid non rogatus (without being asked): imprudens (without knowing it). If the sentence is negative, nisi must be used; e.g., Caes., exercitum numquam per insidiosa loca duxit nisi speculatus locorum situs (without having the ground previously examined by scouts): (2) by participle ablative absolute, with non, nullus, nemo: he went away, epistolā non lectā (without reading the letter): nullā praestitutā die (without fixing any day): (3) by neque and a verb: many persons praise poets without understanding them, multi poetas laudant, neque in telligunt: (4) by ut, with subjunctive: numquam laudavit, ut non adjiceret, etc. (without adding): in an affirmative sentence, ita must be inserted; I enjoy anything withoutperceiving, etc., aliqua re ita potior, ut non animadvertam, etc.: (5) quin with subjunctive (after negative sentence): numquam adspexit, quin fratricidam compellaret: (6) “I do anything (indeed), but not without...” is aliquid ita facio, ut, etc.; e.g., aliqua re ita potior, ut animadvertam (I enjoy anything, but not without perceiving, etc.).
without adv.
Denoting want or absence: by quin; e.g., nullum praetermisi diem quin ad te litteras darem (Cic.); numquam illos aspicio quin hujus meritum in me recordor (Cic.): or by a participle with non; e.g., quod verum est, dicam, non reverens assentandi suspicionem (Cic.); nihil feci non diu consideratum (Cic.): or by an ablative absolute with a negative; e.g., verborum sonitus, nulla subjects, sententia (Cic.); nihil potest evenire nisi causa antecedente: or by nec (Auctor ad Hor., 4, 2, 39; Cic., Div., 2, 17, 40); ut non (Cic., Fin., 2, 22, 71); or qui non (Cic., Manil., 11, 31).
Denoting exception; by praeter.
Or the outside, extra. From without, foris (opposed to domi); extrinsecus (from the outside inward; opposed to intrinsecus).
Not within, outside, extra; exterius (on the outer side); foras; foris (out of doors): from without, extrinsecus. To pitch within and without, (vasa) intrinsecus et exterius picare (Col., 12, 43, 7): ideas come into our minds from without, irrumpunt extrinsecus in animos nostros imagines (Cic., Acad., 2, 40, 125). “From without” with substantives may be expressed by the adjective, externus; e.g., aid from without, auxilia externa (opposed to domesticae opes, Caes., B.C., 2, 4).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for without?
The usual Latin words for “without” are sine, praeter, extrā; also nūllus, quīn, forās. 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.