English → Latin
“complacent” in Latin
grātuspleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome; dear, beloved; grateful, thankfuliūcunduspleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing, deliciouscomaThe hair of the head.; foliage, ears, blades, stalks of trees, grass (as though resembling hair)benignuskind, good, friendly, pleasant; beneficent, obliging, bounteous; favorable, mildhūmānushuman (of man, people); humane, kind, philanthropic; cultured, refinedofficiōsusattentive, dutiful, obliging; officious
The English word complacent itself goes back to Latin plācō, through complacēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
complacent
gratus: jucundus. comis: benignus. humanus: officiosus: Vid: COMPLAISANT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for complacent?
- The usual Latin words for “complacent” are grātus, iūcundus, coma; also benignus, hūmānus, officiōsus. 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.