English → Latin
“worth” in Latin
pretiumworth, price, value, cost; pay, hire, wage; rewardaestimātiōvaluation, estimation according to its worth, appraisal; assessment of damagedignitāsworth, worthiness, merit, desert; fitness, suitability; rank, status, standing, esteem, dignityvirtūsmanhood, manliness, virility; courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry; virtue, goodnesspraestōto be preferable, better, coupled with quam; to be outstanding, be exceeding in something, to excel, stand out, be super
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
worth s.
Value, pretium: aestimatio (PROP.): pretium: dignitas (figuratively). [Vid: VALUE.]
Excellence, virtus: great worth, praestantia: a man of great worth, vir singulari virtute praeditus. Vid. EXCELLENCE, MERIT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for worth?
- The usual Latin words for “worth” are pretium, aestimātiō, dignitās; also virtūs, praestō. 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.