English → Latin
“charming” in Latin
venustuscharming, friendly, lovely, pleasing, comely, beautiful, elegant; artistic, elegant; affable, elegant, charmingfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance; fine form; beauty; outline, plan, designgrātuspleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome; dear, beloved; grateful, thankfulamoenuscharming, pleasant, agreeable, amenable; lovely, delightful, beautifullepiduspleasant, charming; witty; effeminatesuāvissweet, pleasant, delicious
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
charming
venustus (full of attractive beauty: PROP. of persons, but also of things): forma or specie venusta (of perianal beauty): gratus (agreeable: of a place. Hor.., gratum Antium): amoenus (the proper word of beautiful country, houses, etc): lepidus: suavissimus. You live in a charming house, amoenissime habitas.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for charming?
- The usual Latin words for “charming” are venustus, fōrma, grātus; also amoenus, lepidus, suāvis. 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.