English → Latin
“frequent” in Latin
frequēnscrowded, crammed, packed; filled with a multitude, filled, full, crowded, populous; frequent, repeatedcrēberthick, dense; numerous, frequent, repeated; abundant, crowded withrepetōto attack again; to go back to; to recommence, resume, renew or repeat an action; to recount, to recall, to recollectfrequentōto frequent (to visit frequently); to fill, stock, or crowdcelebrōto go to a place or person in large numbers or often; throng, frequent, fill; to practise, employ, exercise, repeat; to multusmuch; manymercātustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market, marketplace; festival assemblage, public feast
The English word frequent itself goes back to Latin frequēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
frequent adj.
frequens: creber (often implying blame): crebrior: repetitus (repeated). After frequent entreaties, saepius rogatus: after frequent admonitions, saepius admonitus.
frequent v.
frequentare: celebrare (of numbers). To frequent anybody’s house, frequentare or (of many) celebrare alicujus domum; frequenter or multum, or frequentem ad aliquem ventitare: to frequent a society, celebrare conventum; a market, obire nundinas, mercatum; ad mercatum venire: to frequent bad company, uti familiaribus et quotidianis convictoribus hominibus improbis, malis, or perditis; in familiaritate malorum hominum versari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for frequent?
- The usual Latin words for “frequent” are frequēns, crēber, repetō; also frequentō, celebrō, multus. 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.