English → Latin
“conformable” in Latin
cōnsentāneusagreeing or according with, suited to; becoming, fit, properconveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to courtcongruōto come, unite, combine, run or meet together with someone; to coincide or correspond with someone or something; agree w
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conformable
consentaneus: conveniens or congruens (agreeable); all three alicui rei: accommodatus ad aliquid (suitable to anything, arranged accordingly): aptus alicui rei or ad aliquid (fit for anything); (the words are found in this connexion and order.) aptus consentaneusque alicui rei: to be conformable to or with anything, congruere, convenire, convenientem, aptum consentaneumque esse alicui rei. ☞ It may likewise be expressed by esse with genitive of the quality; e.g., it is conformable to Gallic custom that etc., est hoc Gallicae consuetudinis, ut etc.: he maintained that it was not conformable with the Greek custom, negavit, moris esse Graecorum: not conformable to or with anything, alienum esse re or a re: to be conformable with (suitable to) the character one has assumed, and with circumstances, decere: quasi aptum esse consentaneumque personae et temporibus (☞ the latter as definition of the former, Cic., Orat. 22, 74).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conformable?
- The usual Latin words for “conformable” are cōnsentāneus, conveniō, congruō. 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.