English → Latin
“friendly” in Latin
amīcusfriendly, well-disposed, amicable; loyal, devoted to; supporting, propitious, helpfulbenevolusbenevolent, kind, friendly, favorableamōto love; to be fond of, like, admire; to be pleased by or with (someone or something) for (a particular reason); to derifamiliārisof or pertaining to servants; of or pertaining to a household or family; familiar, intimate, friendlybenignuskind, good, friendly, pleasant; beneficent, obliging, bounteous; favorable, mildofficiōsusattentive, dutiful, obliging; officious
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
friendly
amicus; to anybody, alicui (having friendly sentiments toward anybody; also, IMPROP., of favorable things; mostly poetical in this sense): benevolus, to anybody, alicui or erga aliquem (being anybody’s well-wisher, etc.): amans, to anybody, alicujus (entertaining affection toward; also, of what gives evidence of such a feeling): familiaris (intimate, confidential, etc.; also of a friendly, unceremonious invitation): benignus (kind of persons and things; e.g., invitation): officiosus: officii et amoris plenus (full of obliging expressions, offers of service, etc.; e.g., a letter): benevolentiae plenus (full of expressions of kindness; e.g., a letter): fidelis (faithful, upright; e.g., advice): comis (obliging): humanus (mild, gentle in the most extensive sense); (The words are found in this connection and order.) comis et humanus: urbanus (polite, courteous): officiosus (ready to render a service, obliging): liberalis (anticipating a person’s wishes; obliging): blandus (gentle in words or speech and behavior): affabilis (condescending in conversation): mansuetus (pleasant in intercourse in general): civilis (in the sense of friendly, affable, belongs to post-classical prose). Friendly behavior, comitas; liberalitas: a friendly face, vultus hilaris, familiaris: to receive anybody in a friendly manner, vultu hilari, familiari, or (Liv.) benigno aliquem excipere: friendly invitation, invitatio benigna, familiaris: in a friendly manner, amice; benevole; amanter; comiter; humane or humaniter; officiose; benigne; liberaliter; blande [SYN. above]; also familiariter (as friends are wont to do; or like a friend): to salute anybody in a friendly manner, benigne aliquem salutare: to address anybody in a friendly manner, comiter, blande appellare: to answer in a friendly manner, alicui respondere liberaliter: to invite anybody in a friendly manner, benigne aliquem invitare: to invite or ask anybody in a friendly manner to stay (when he is about to leave), familiari invitatione aliquem retinere: to receive anybody in a friendly manner (as a guest or visitor), aliquem comi hospitio accipere: to be friendly toward everybody, erga omnes se affabilem praestare; unumquemque comiter appellare (in addressing anybody): to be very friendly with anybody, amicissime amplecti aliquem: to be on friendly terms with anybody, amice vivere cum aliquo; familiariter uti aliquo: on very friendly terms, arta familiaritate complecti aliquem; intime uti aliquo: to act in a friendly manner toward, or to deal in a friendly manner with anybody, amice facere erga aliquem: to speak in a friendly manner with anybody, amice, familiariter loqui cum aliquo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for friendly?
- The usual Latin words for “friendly” are amīcus, benevolus, amō; also familiāris, benignus, officiōsus. 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.