English → Latin
“forwardness” in Latin
parōto arrange, order, contrive, design; to provide, furnish, prepare; to resolve, purpose, decidefacilitāsease, easiness, facility, readiness; willingness; affability, courteousness; levity, heedlessnessofficiumduty, service, office; obligation, an obligatory service, visit, or gesture; kindness, favor, courtesyfervorboiling heat; fermenting; ardour, passion, furyārdorflame, fire, heat; brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes); ardour, eagerness, ardent desirealacritāscheerfulness, liveliness, gaiety, animation; alacrity, eagerness, persistence, zeal, fervour, ardour; joy, rejoicing, extemeritāshap, chance, accident; rashness, thoughtlessness, temeritycōnfīdō(+ Dative of the person and e + ablative of the thing or in/de + ablative) to be confident or assured of, confide in, beprōgrediorto come, go, or march forth, forward or on; advance, proceed; to make progress, advance, develop, proceed, go on; advancprōcēdōto proceed, advance; to show oneself, appear, become visible; to go towards, go to meet
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
forwardness
Readiness, promptness (of mind), animus promptus or paratus: facilitas (willing readiness): officium (readiness to render a service): studium ardens: fervor: ardor (zealous forwardness): alacritas (cheerful, active forwardness). With great forwardness, animo promptissimo; libentissime; studio or summo studio; studiosissime: with great forwardness on their part, in summo eorum studio.
Rashness, praeproperum ingenium (relative to character): temeritas (thoughtlessness).
Untimely boldness, assurance, confidentia (confidence, in a bad sense = assurance, almost impudence): petulantia linguae (with reference to the tongue, remarks, etc.; Suet., Tib., 61).
State of advance beyond the usual degree, maturitas praecox (Col., 1, 6, 20): maturitas festinata (in a bad sense; opposed to maturitas tempestiva, Quint., 6, proaem., 10): to be in a state of great forwardness (of corn, etc.), non multum a maturitate abesse (Caes.); ante messem flavescere.
Advance in studies, progressus: processus. To be in a state of great forwardness, multum profecisse in aliqua re: his forwardness is such, that, etc., tantos processus effecit, ut, etc. (☞ Cic., Brut., 78, 272).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for forwardness?
- The usual Latin words for “forwardness” are parō, facilitās, officium; also fervor, ārdor, alacritās. 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.