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“gladly” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

gladly
cupide (PROP., with desire, of internal impulse): libenter: animo libenti: animo libenti proclivoque: non invito animo (willingly). (The words are found in this connection and order.) cupide et libenter: animo prompto paratoque (readily): haud gravate (without making any difficulties): sine recusatione: haud repugnanter (without refusing): facile (easily, without difficulty). ☞ Instead of adverb, the Latins also, frequently use an adjective, agreeing with the person who does anything willingly; as, volens, libens or lubens, non invitus. Or they use a circumlocution with velle (opposed to nolle) or with non... nolle; as, teachers give cakes to children that they may gladly learn their alphabet, doctores pueris dant crustula, ut prima elementa velint discere (Hor., Sat., 1, 1, 25): he gladly obeyed, non parere noluit (Nep., Alcib., 4, 3): not gladly, invito animo; gravate; or, nolens; invitus: very gladly, libentissime; libentissimo animo: to obey gladly, libenti animo parere: a person gladly believes what he wishes, libenter id homines, quod volunt, credunt: to suffer anything gladly, facile pati aliquid: I would gladly see or hear, videndi or audiendi cupiditate flagro: gladly would I see it, velim, vellem (with this difference, that the present expresses rather internal urgency or necessity; the imperfect a conditionally = if it were but possible).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for gladly?
The usual Latin words for “gladly” are cupidus, libēns, facilis; also volō. 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.