English → Latin
“advantageous” in Latin
quaestuōsusgainful, profitable, advantageous, lucrative, productivelucrōsuslucrative, advantageousūtilisuseful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous; helpful; fit, suitable, adapted, propermercorto trade, deal, sellfrauscheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles; delusion, error; injury, hurt, harmcommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming; opportune, timely, tidy; pleasant, friendlyopportūnussuitable; advantageous, useful; favourable, opportune, convenientfrūctuōsusfruitful, productive; profitable, advantageoussalūberhealthy, salubrious; salutary, beneficial; wholesomesalūtōto preserve, keep safe; to greet, salute; to pay respects
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
advantageous
quaestuosus (bringing rich profit; e.g., mercatura): lucrosus (gainful: of gain accruing from the thing itself; e.g., fraus): utilis (serviceable for the purpose of gaining an advantage): all three also; to anybody, alicui: commodus (convenient, serviceable): opportunus (conveniently situated or circumstanced for assisting in the attainment of an object; of time and place): fructuosus (bringing profit to be enjoyed): saluber, salutaris (healthy: salutary).
To be advantageous. Vid. ADVANTAGE, v.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for advantageous?
- The usual Latin words for “advantageous” are quaestuōsus, lucrōsus, ūtilis; also mercor, fraus, commodus. 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.