English → Latin
“forward” in Latin
prōmōto take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to lightparōto arrange, order, contrive, design; to provide, furnish, prepare; to resolve, purpose, decideofficiōsusattentive, dutiful, obliging; officiousfacilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile; ready, quick, easily movingstudiōsuseager, zealous, fond, assiduous; anxious; studiousācersharp, sour, bitter, pungent; keen, sharp, acute, sagacious; energetic, active, vigorousārdeōto burn (be consumed by fire); to glow; to glisten with a feature, usually with a colourvehemēnsvery eager; impetuous, ardent, furious; vehement; emphaticferveōto be hot; to burn; to boil; seethe, foamfervidusboiling, seething; glowing; boiling hot; fiery; fervid
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
forward
Prompt, ready, promptus (always at hand): paratus (ready): officiosus (ready to serve): facilis (willing, obliging). To be forward to do anything, prompto or parato animo (facere aliquid).
Earnest, eager, studiosus (eager, studious): acer (litterally, sharp): ardens (ardent, fiery): vehemens (vehement): fervens: fervidus (litterally, fiery, glowing, fervent). To be forward, calere, with or without in agendo: to be forward in anything, sedulo facere aliquid; naviter agere aliquid.
Advanced toward ripeness; early ripe, quod non multum a maturitate abest (Caes.; which is nearly ripe): praematurus: praecox (the former, of fruit, which ripens before the usual time, opposed to serus; the latter of fruit that becomes ripe sooner than fruit of the same kind; metaphorically, of the human mind, Quint., 1, 3, 3: illud ingeniorum velut praecox genus non temere umquam pervenit ad frugem, i. e., those forward minds seldom come to their full perfection): an over-forward mind, immature magnum ingenium (e.g., non vitale est, Sen., Contr., 1, 1): an over-forward mind does not last long, cito occidit festinata maturitas (Quint.).
Hasty; Vid:
Bold, confidens (in classic prose, in a reproving sense only): protervus (pert, almost impudent): audax (bold, in a good and bad sense; audens is post-Augustan).
forward v.
To despatch to its destination, perferendum curare (to take care that anything reaches its place of destination; e.g., to forward a letter, litteras perferendas curare; litteras permittere).
To promote (e.g., the views or designs of anybody), juvare or adjuvare aliquem or aliquid: adjumento alicui esse: alicujus rei, or in re adjutorem, or (feminine) adjutricem esse (general terms, to afford any kind of assistance): alicujus rei esse ministrum (in a bad sense): augere, or adaugere aliquem or aliquid (to raise): alicui or alicui rei favere: fovere aliquid (to favor): alicui or alicui rei consulere, prospicere (to take measures for advancing it): alicui prodesse (to be of use): alicui consilio, studio, opera adesse (to forward anybody by counsel and deed). To forward anything earnestly, studiose adaugere aliquid: to forward anybody’s interests, servire alicujus commodis; rebus or rationibus alicujus consulere, prospicere; utilitatibus alicujus parere (to be very zealous in forwarding them): to forward the interests of the public, saluti reipublicae consulere; rem publicam juvare, tueri; reipublicae salutem suscipere. Vid: PROMOTE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for forward?
- The usual Latin words for “forward” are prōmō, parō, officiōsus; also facilis, studiōsus, ācer. 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.