English → Latin
“befriend” in Latin
parsa part, portion, piece, share; pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...; a party, fraction, sideiuvōto help, aid; to delight, gratify, please
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
befriend
favere alicui, alicujus rebus or partibus (to befriend both in will and action): alicui studere; alicujus esse studiosum (to befriend by affection and kindness): juvare, adjuvare aliquem (applicable both to persons and to lucky circumstances): esse alicui adjumento; afferre alicui adjumentum (applicable to persons only): fovere aliquem: fovere ac tollere aliquem: sustinere ac fovere aliquem; gratia et auctoritate sua sustentarealiquem (to befriend anybody in reference to civil honors): benevolentia aliquem prosequi: benevolentiam alicui praestare, or in aliquem conferre (show him kindness, good-will, etc.): suffragari alicui (to give him one’s vote, interest, etc.): prosperare aliquem; obsecundare alicui (of favorable circumstances).
To be befriended by anybody, gratiosum alicui, or apud aliquem esse: by nature, naturam fautricem habere (in aliqua re). The ships, being befriended by darkness, reached the land, naves noctis inteventu ad terram pervenerunt.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for befriend?
- The usual Latin words for “befriend” are pars, iuvō. 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.