English → Latin
“caresses” in Latin
blanditiaflattery, compliment; caress; charmblandīmentumblandishment, flattery; allure, charmamplectorto surround, encircle or entwine; to embrace, hug, clasp or grasp; to include, comprise, containcomplectorto embrace or hug; to encircle, surround, encompass; to comprehend, understand
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
caresses
blanditiae; blandimenta, to load with caresses, multa blandimenta alicui dare.
Embrace, amplexus: complexus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for caresses?
- The usual Latin words for “caresses” are blanditia, blandīmentum, amplector; also complector. 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.