English → Latin
“delightful” in Latin
suāvissweet, pleasant, deliciousdulcissweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant; sweet-sounding, melodic, melodious, tunefuliūcunduspleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing, deliciousaccipiōto receive, accept, take; to receive, accept, or take in something so as to alter one’s mental or physical state; to heagrātuspleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome; dear, beloved; grateful, thankfulpergrātusvery pleasing etcperiūcundusvery pleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
delightful
suavis: dulcis: jucundus (or superlative of these adjectives): acceptus; gratus: amcenus [SYN. in AGREEABLE]: very delightful, pergratus; gratus acceptusque; jucundus; perjucundus; oblectationis plenus (Cic.): delightful weather, tempestas laeta: a delightful life, vita amoena: to be exceedingly delightful, habere multum suavitatis, jueunditatis; suavitate refertum esse: to be delightful to the eyes, delectare oculos; to the ears, aures mulcere or permulcere; auribus blandiri; to the senses, sensus titillare, fovere, voluptate permulcere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for delightful?
- The usual Latin words for “delightful” are suāvis, dulcis, iūcundus; also accipiō, grātus, pergrātus. 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.