English → Latin
“glad” in Latin
laetushappy, cheerful, glad; fertile, luxuriant, lush, richhilarischeerful, lively, light-hearted, merry, jovialalacerlively; brisk; quick; eager; active; peppy; excited; glad; happy; cheerful
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
glad
laetus (the proper word, joyfully excited): hilarus: hilaris (cheerful, gay, merry; both of persons and their spirits; figuratively, of things, as gestures, face, a day): alacer (lively, ready for an undertaking). To be glad, laetum, alacrem et laetum, hilarum esse: to be glad at anything, laetari aliqua re: to be very glad, laetitia se efferre; gaudio perfusum esse; at anything, a re (Vid: Liv., 30, 16, in.): to make or render glad, hilarem facere aliquem (general term); aliquem or alicujus animum exhilarare, ad laetitiam excitare (of things). I was far from glad to see the handwriting of Alexis, Alexidis manum non amabam (Cic., Att., 7, 2, p. in.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for glad?
- The usual Latin words for “glad” are laetus, hilaris, alacer. 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.