English → Latin
“comely” in Latin
decetto adorn; to be decent, suitable, seemly, or properdecōrusbecoming, fitting, proper, suitable; decorated, adorned; elegant, fine, beautiful; gracefulpulcherbeautiful, fair, pretty; noble, honorable, excellentfōrmōsusbeautiful, handsome; aesthetic, well-formedspeciōsusgood-looking, handsome, beautiful; splendid, brilliant; showy, speciousvenustuscharming, friendly, lovely, pleasing, comely, beautiful, elegant; artistic, elegant; affable, elegant, charmingdecushonor, distinction, glory; pride, dignity; grace, splendor, ornament, beautyrēctusled straight along, drawn in a straight line, straight, upright.; right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting.; moralēlegānsfine, elegant, handsome; tasteful; fastidious, critical
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
comely
decens (poetical only, and in Silver age). decorus [of speech and actions only): pulcher (general term). formosus: speciosus: venustus: [Vid :: BEAUTIFUL, HANDSOME]: In a comely manner, decore: recte: ut decet: eleganter.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for comely?
- The usual Latin words for “comely” are decet, decōrus, pulcher; also fōrmōsus, speciōsus, venustus. 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.