English → Latin
“adroit” in Latin
dexterright (relative direction), right hand; skillful; fortunate, favorableingeniōsussuperior in intellect, gifted with genius; intellectual, clever, ingenious; apt, fit for, adapted tosollersskilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert; ingenious, sagacious, clever, intelligent, inventivesciōto be able to, to know (how to do), understand, to have practical knowledge; to have had sex with, have ever slept withcalliduswise, clever, ingenious; adroit, skilful, cunning, sly, crafty; discreetcatusclever, intelligent, sagacious, clear-thinking; cunning, crafty, sly; shrill, sharp, clear-soundingprūdēnswise, prudent; skilful, knowledgeable (in a specific matter)pereōto perish, pass away, die, be ruined; to vanish, disappear, come to nothing; to leak; to be absorbed
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
adroit
dexter (prps., post-Augustan in prose): ingeniosus (fertile in expedients, in new ideas): sollers (possessing practical genius and inventive power): scitus (having tact, mother-wit, and the faculty of combination): callidus (clever from acquired knowledge of men and the world). catus (discovering and knowing secret ways and means): prudens (naturally judicious): peritus (alicujus rei, skilled in it).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for adroit?
- The usual Latin words for “adroit” are dexter, ingeniōsus, sollers; also sciō, callidus, catus. 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.