English → Latin
“habitual” in Latin
cōnsuēscōto accustom, inure or habituate, tend to; to accustom oneself to, to get used to; to be wont to, have accustomed oneselfsoleōto be accustomed, used to, in the habit offōnswater issuing from the ground, a spring; the water or waters of a river, sea etc.; a well, fountain or font (a large conlibīdōdesire, fancy, inclination, longing, pleasure, caprice, passion, wantonness; lust, sensuality
The English word habitual itself goes back to Latin habeō, through habituālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
habitual
assuetus (accustomed; e.g., are, fons: in the sense of “accustomed to,” it does not belong here): consuetus (customary; e.g., lubido, etc.): solitus (accustomed; of things to which one is accustomed, or that happens customarily; not Cic. or Caes., but Sall., Fragm. [Vid: CUSTOMARY.] Anybody is an habitual liar, aliquis solet or insuevit mentiri: an habitual liar, homo assuetus mendaciis; or cui mentiri ex consuetudine in naturam vertit (after Sall., Jug., 85, 41): an habitual and practised controversialist, male assuetus ad omnes vias controversiarum (Sall., Fragm.): an habitual deceiver, totus ex fraude et fallaciis factus: an habitual adulterer, homo stuprorum exercitatione assuefactus (Cic., Catil., 2, 5). ☞ The notion of “habitual” is sometimes implied by the termination of an adjective, as, ebriosus, iracundus, anxius, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for habitual?
- The usual Latin words for “habitual” are cōnsuēscō, soleō, fōns; also libīdō. 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.