English → Latin
“charitable” in Latin
beneficusbeneficent; generous, liberal; blessedbenignuskind, good, friendly, pleasant; beneficent, obliging, bounteous; favorable, mildlīberālisfreedom; dignified, honorable, befitting a freedman; generous, liberal, bountiful, amplehūmānushuman (of man, people); humane, kind, philanthropic; cultured, refinedinterpretorto explain, expound; to interpret, translate; to understand, conclude
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
charitable
beneficus (the proper word): benignus (charitable both in feeling and conduct). (The words are found in this connection and order), bencficus et benignus: liberalis (giving freely). To be charitable, *stipem conferre in egentes; *stipe sublevaro egentium inopiam: benefacere egentibus.
Kind; lovingly disposed, etc., humanus. To put a charitable interpretation on anything, aliquid in meliorem partem accipere or interpretari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for charitable?
- The usual Latin words for “charitable” are beneficus, benignus, līberālis; also hūmānus, interpretor. 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.