English → Latin
“gifted” in Latin
praeditusendowed, gifted, provided with, possessed of something (construed with ablative); placed or set over, presiding over anyīnstruōto build in or into, insert; erect, construct; to arrange, organise or organize, plan; devise; to prepare (for), provideingeniōsussuperior in intellect, gifted with genius; intellectual, clever, ingenious; apt, fit for, adapted toabundōto overflow, flow over or down; to abound or overflow in; to exceed (in)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gifted
(with anything)(with anything), praeditus: instructus: Richly gifted with anything, abunde auctus ornatusque aliqua re. Vid: ENDOWED (under ENDOW).
ABSOL., ingeniosus: ingenio praestans: ingenio summo: elati ingenii: praeclaris animi dotibus instructus. To be highly gifted, ingenio valere, abundare; longe plurimum ingenio valere beatissima ingenii ubertate esse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gifted?
- The usual Latin words for “gifted” are praeditus, īnstruō, ingeniōsus; also abundō. 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.