English → Latin
“accommodating” in Latin
obsequorto accommodate oneself to the will of another person; comply with, yield to, gratify, oblige, humor, submit; to yield tofacilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile; ready, quick, easily movingofficiōsusattentive, dutiful, obliging; officiousobsequiumcomplaisance, yielding, compliance, obedience; allegiance; deference, obsequiousness, flattery
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
accommodating
obsequens (ready to comply with the wishes of another): facilis (opposed to difficilis, complaisant; easily brought to meet the wishes of others): officiosus (ready to perform services). To be accommodating toward anybody, alicujus voluntati morem gerere, obsequi. Know that you are a great deal too accommodating, te esse auricula infima mollioremscito (Cic.): The liberality and accommodating spirit of the magistrates, liberalitas atque accommodatio magistratuum (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for accommodating?
- The usual Latin words for “accommodating” are obsequor, facilis, officiōsus; also obsequium. 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.