English → Latin
“corpulent” in Latin
opīmusfat, rich, plump, corpulent; fertile, fruitful (land)obedōto eat, eat away, or devour; to waste away or become leancorpulentuscorpulent, fat, obese, stout; corporealhabeōto have, hold; to own, have (possessions); to possess, have (qualities)niteōto be radiant, shine, look bright, glitter, sparkle, glisten; to be sleek or in good condition; to look flourishing or tPhaedrusPhaedrus (an Athenian aristocrat, friend of Socrates); Phaedrus (a Latin fabulist)pinguēscōto grow fat or rich
The English word corpulent itself goes back to Latin corpus, through corpulentus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
corpulent
corpore amplo: opimus (fat, from plenty and good-living; πιμελής): obesus (fat and corpulent in a bad sense, as connected with unwieldiness; opposed to gracilis): corpulentus (in a good sense, as implying portliness). ☞ Corpulentus is used by Plaut., Ep., 1, 1, 8; and by Quint., Col., and Plin., It seems, therefore, hypercritical to reject it: habitus (rare; pre-classical, Plaut., Ep., 1, 1, 8: corpulentior videre atque habitior). To be corpulent, corpore esse amplo or obeso; nitere (Phaedrus): to grow corpulent, corpus facere: pinguescere: on what food have you grown so corpulent? quo cibo fecisti tantum corporis? (Phaedrus).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for corpulent?
- The usual Latin words for “corpulent” are opīmus, obedō, corpulentus; also habeō, niteō, Phaedrus. 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.