English → Latin
“indulge” in Latin
indulgeōto be kind or courteous (to); to be inclined (to); give free rein (to); to give oneself up (to); to be addicted (to), indōto give; to impart, offer, render, present with; to afford, granttrādōto hand over, give up, deliver, transmit, surrender; impart; entrust, confide; to leave behind, bequeath; to give up or īraire, anger, wrath
The English word indulge itself goes back to Latin indulgeō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
indulge
PROPR., indulgere (alicui or alicui rei): indulgentia tractare aliquem (to treat anybody with indulgence). To indulge anybody very much, magna esse in aliquem indulgentia: one’s self too much, nimis sibi indulgere; his soldiers too much, laxiore imperio milites habere.
To give way to (passions), indulgere (e.g., irae, Liv.): alicui rei se dare, dedere, or tradere: dare animum alicui rei (e.g., maerori, to indulge his grief): non cohibere (not to restrain; e.g., se; effrenatas suas libidines, Cic.): to indulge one’s (lustful) passions, libidinibus se dare; one’s sensual appetites, voluptatibus servire, se tradere; corporis voluptatibus (totum) se dedere; one’s appetite, ventri obedire (to be the slave of one’s belly).
Absolutely. To indulge in anything, indulgere alicui rei; in eating and drinking, cibo se vinoque invitare (on a particular occasion): bene curare aetatem suam (to make one’s self comfortable; Plaut., Pseud., 4, 7, 34): bene curare cutem (litterally, to make one’s self sleek by good eating and drinking, Hor., Ep., 1, 4, 15): ☞ not genio indulgere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for indulge?
- The usual Latin words for “indulge” are indulgeō, dō, trādō; also īra. 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.