English → Latin
“grateful” in Latin
grātuspleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome; dear, beloved; grateful, thankfuladversusfacing, opposite; towards; against
The English word grateful itself goes back to Latin grātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
grateful
gratus (in both senses of the English word, with dative in the sense of “agreeable;” with erga, adversus, in the sense of “thankful;” where it seems to take the dative in this sense, the dative belongs rather to the verb: it is not certain whether in aliquem or in aliquo is right, since in me, te does not decide this [Krebs]; it is safer to use the accusative): beneficiorum memor. (The words are found in this connection and order.) memor gratusque. To be grateful, gratum or memorem et gratum esse: to feel grateful, gratiam habere: to show one’s self grateful, alicui gratum se praebere; memorem in aliquem animum praestare: very grateful, gratissimo animo prosequi nomen alicujus; for anything, alicui pro re gratiam referre: both to be and to show one’s self grateful, re ipsa atque animo esse gratissimum; gratiam et referre et habere (referre, of an actual return; after Cic., Off., 2, 20, 69): not only to be grateful, but to have abundantly proved his gratitude, non habere modo gratiam, verum etiam cumulatissime retulisse (Cic.): to show one’s self exceedingly grateful, cumulatissimam alicui gratiam referre: to appear grateful, memorem gratumque cognosci: to endeavor to appear grateful, gratum me videri studeo: to retain a grateful recollection of anything, grate meminisse aliquid; grata memoria prosequi aliquid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for grateful?
- The usual Latin words for “grateful” are grātus, adversus. 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.