English → Latin
“intelligible” in Latin
comprehēnsibilisThat can be seized or laid hold of.; perceptible, evident; perceptible, conceivable, intelligible, graspableexpediōto free feet from snares; unfasten fetters; lose the shackles; to loosen restraints, unchain, set free, liberate, releasperspicuustransparent, clear; evident, manifest, perspicuous
The English word intelligible itself goes back to Latin intellegō, through intelligibilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
intelligible
facilis ad intelligendum (easy to understand: ☞ intelligibilis belongs to the post-Ciceronian philosophical style): comprehensibilis: quod in intelligentiam nostram cadit: quod intelligentia nostra capit: quod intelligere et ratione comprehendere possumus (what our mental faculties can comprehend; opposed to quod fugit intelligentiae nostrae vim et notionem; quod nullius mens aut cogitatio capere potest): facilis intellectu or ad intelligendum: accommodatus ad intelligentiam: expeditus: cognitu perfacilis (what may easily be comprehended). Sometimes perspicuus, apertus, clarus, etc. To be intelligible, cognosci ac percipi posse: anything is not intelligible, aliquid in sensum et in mentem intrare non potest. Generally intelligible, ad commune judicium popularemque intelligentiam accommodatus (and adverbially accommodate); ad vulgarem popularemque sensum accommodatus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for intelligible?
- The usual Latin words for “intelligible” are comprehēnsibilis, expediō, perspicuus. 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.