English → Latin
“gratify” in Latin
grātificorto oblige, gratifydēlectōto delight, charm, please (+ accusative the person, who is delighted)oblectōto entertain, delight, amuse; to pass (the time) agreeably; to delay, detainperfundōto pour (liquid) over or through; to perfuse; to flood or bathe, drench; to imbue, inspire, fill with any thingobsequiumcomplaisance, yielding, compliance, obedience; allegiance; deference, obsequiousness, flattery
The English word gratify itself goes back to Latin grātus, through grātificō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gratify
To please, gratificari (to oblige, alicui; anybody in anything, aliquid alicui; e.g., cur tibi hoc non gratificer nescio, Cic.): morem gerere alicui (to gratify his wish or humour): delectare: oblectare (to entertain, to amuse): voluptate afficere or perfundere (to affect with pleasant feelings): voluntati alicujus satisfacere or obsequi: aliquem or animum alicujus explere: optatis alicujus respondere (to gratify anybody by fulfilling his wishes). ☞ To do anything for the purpose of gratifying or to gratify anybody, is gratificari alicui aliquid; dare or tribuere alicui aliquid (☞ Herzog, Caes., B.G., 6, 1). You have gratified me very much by etc., gratissimum mihi fecisti, quod, etc. To gratify one’s self, se delectare: se oblectare: to be gratified by anything [Vid: “to derive GRATIFICATION from”]: to gratify one’s passions, cupiditates, libidinem explere; habitually, libidinibus se dare; voluptatibus servire, setradere; corporis voluptatibus (totum) se dedere: to gratify one’s appetite (habitually), ventri obedire. [Vid: To PLEASE.]
To recompense; Vid: To REWARD.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gratify?
- The usual Latin words for “gratify” are grātificor, dēlectō, oblectō; also perfundō, obsequium. 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.