English → Latin
“easiness” in Latin
facilitāsease, easiness, facility, readiness; willingness; affability, courteousness; levity, heedlessnessindulgeōto be kind or courteous (to); to be inclined (to); give free rein (to); to give oneself up (to); to be addicted (to), inobsequiumcomplaisance, yielding, compliance, obedience; allegiance; deference, obsequiousness, flatterycrēdulitāscredulity, easiness of belief
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
easiness
facilitas (also of easiness of temper). To abuse anybody’s easiness of temper, facilitate alicujus immoderate abuti (Cic.).” Easiness of temper” may also be translated by indulgentia (if it shows itself in indulgence toward others), obsequium or nimia obsequentia (if it shows itself in too easy a compliance with their requests, etc.).
Easiness of belief, credulitas: credendi temeritas. Easiness of belief forms a part of their natural character, temeritas illi hominum generi innata, ut levem auditionem habeant pro re comperta.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for easiness?
- The usual Latin words for “easiness” are facilitās, indulgeō, obsequium; also crēdulitās. 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.