English → Latin
“able” in Latin
sollersskilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert; ingenious, sagacious, clever, intelligent, inventivedocilisdocile, teachable; manageable, tractable; intelligiblepossumbe able to, can, may; in the 3rd person singular (pote est): it may be, it is possible; to have influence or efficacy, t
The English word able itself goes back to Latin habeō, through habilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
able
(of persons)(of persons), ingeniosua (fertile of new ideas): sollers (dexterous in combining and working out ideas): docilis (apt to learn and comprehend): capax alicujus rei (post-Augustan). To be able, posse; alicujus rei faciendae facultatem habere. He is able to do anything, nihil non efficere potest.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for able?
- The usual Latin words for “able” are sollers, docilis, possum. 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.