English → Latin
“being” in Latin
lēxthe legal machinery of a state, the law; a law, statute, bill; the laws regarded as a body, the constitutionrespondeōto reply, answer, respond; to offer or present in return; to measure upsatisfaciōto satisfy, content; to secure, pay off; to apologize, make amends
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
being
existence. The Latins express this notion by the verb esse; e.g., he denies the being of the gods, nullos esse deos putat; deos esse negat: he asserts the being of the gods, deos esse dicit: he utterly rejects the being of a God, deum ex rerum natura tollit: to fulfill the purpose of one’s being, legi, qua nati sumus, respondere or satisfacere.
Being, participle. Vid :, BE. [I being present, me praesente (not in mea praesentia); coram me.]
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for being?
- The usual Latin words for “being” are lēx, respondeō, satisfaciō. 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.