English → Latin
“answerable” in Latin
cōnsentāneusagreeing or according with, suited to; becoming, fit, properconveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to courtcongruōto come, unite, combine, run or meet together with someone; to coincide or correspond with someone or something; agree w
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
answerable
consentaneus: conveniens or congruens (all three alicui rei): accommodatus ad aliquid: aptus alicui rei. (The words are found in this connection and order), apitus consentaneusque alicui rei. To be answerable to any thing, congruere, convenire, convenientem, aptumconsentaneumque esse alicui rei. Not to be answerable to anything, alienum esse re or a re. Anything answerable to another, res alicui rei simillima (very like), compar (quite like); ex altera parte respondens (correspondent; its counterpart).
Accountable, etc., alicui ratio reddenda est (he must account for it): to be answerable for anything, aliquid praestare. I am answerable for it, mihi res praestanda est. To make one’s self answerable for anything, aliquid in se recipere (take it on one’s self).
Admitting of a satisfactory answer, quod excusari potest (which can be justified): (cujus rei ratio reddi potest of which an exculpatory account can be given).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for answerable?
- The usual Latin words for “answerable” are cōnsentāneus, conveniō, congruō. 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.