English → Latin
“affluent” in Latin
fortūnōto make happy, prosper; to blessabundōto overflow, flow over or down; to abound or overflow in; to exceed (in)dīvesrich, wealthy; productive, fertile, abundant with riches; sumptuous, costly, splendid, preciouslocuplēspossessing large, landed property; rich, wealthyegeōto lack, to want, to be without; to need, to require; to desire, to long for, to wantpecūniōsusmonied, rich, wealthy; gainfulopulentuswealthy; rich; opulentcōpiōsuscopious, plentiful, abundant; prolific; eloquent
The English word affluent itself goes back to Latin fluō, through affluentem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
affluent
fortunatus (Cic.): abundans: dives: locuples: satis dives: satis locuples (dives, rich = πλούσιος, opposed to pauper: locuples, wealthy.
ἀϕνειός, opposed to egens, egenus): bene numatus, pecuniosus (having much money): opulentus, copiosus (opulent; opposed to inops: rich in means and resources to obtaininfluence, power, etc.): copüs rei femiliaris locuples et pecuniosus. Very affluent, beatus: perdives, praedives: locupletissimus, opulentissimus. To become an affluent man from a poor one, ex paupere divitem fieri: to become affluent, fortunis augeri; fortunam amplificare: ad opes procedere; locupletari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for affluent?
- The usual Latin words for “affluent” are fortūnō, abundō, dīves; also locuplēs, egeō, pecūniōsus. 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.