English → Latin
“acceptable” in Latin
accipiōto receive, accept, take; to receive, accept, or take in something so as to alter one’s mental or physical state; to heagrātuspleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome; dear, beloved; grateful, thankfuliūcunduspleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing, delicioussuāvissweet, pleasant, deliciousdulcissweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant; sweet-sounding, melodic, melodious, tunefulmollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible, supple; mild, tendercārusdear, beloved; costly, expensive, valueddīligōto esteem, prize, love, have regard, to delight in (something); to set apart by choosing, to single (something) out, to
The English word acceptable itself goes back to Latin accipiō, through acceptābilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
acceptable
acceptus (gladly receieed, welcome): gratus (causing in us a feeling of obligation from its value to us): jucundus (causing in us the feeling of delight): suavis, dulcis, mollis (suavis, dulcis, sweet, mollis, soft; agreeably affecting the mind. All these of persons and things): carus (dear): dilectus (valued, beloved), gratiosus alicui or apud aliquem (high in his favor). An acceptable time, commodum tempus; opportunum or idoneum tempus. Very acceptable, pergratus, perjucundus. To be acceptable, jucundum esse, placere (both of persons and things).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for acceptable?
- The usual Latin words for “acceptable” are accipiō, grātus, iūcundus; also suāvis, dulcis, mollis. 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.