English → Latin
“auspicious” in Latin
prosperagreeable to one's wishessecundussecondfaustusfavorable, fortunate, auspicious, prosperous, luckydexterright (relative direction), right hand; skillful; fortunate, favorableauspicorto take the auspices; to begin or undertake under good auspices; to begin, undertake, enter uponVelleiusof or pertaining to the gens Velleia.
The English word auspicious itself goes back to Latin auspex, through auspicium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
auspicious
prosper: secundus: faustus: dexter [Syx. in HAPPY]: auspicatus, participle (e.g., in auspicatis reipublicae ominibus, Velleius).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for auspicious?
- The usual Latin words for “auspicious” are prosper, secundus, faustus; also dexter, auspicor, Velleius. 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.