English → Latin
“kindly” in Latin
benignuskind, good, friendly, pleasant; beneficent, obliging, bounteous; favorable, mildlīberālisfreedom; dignified, honorable, befitting a freedman; generous, liberal, bountiful, amplecomitorto join someone as an attendant; accompany, attend, follow; guard, escort; serve; to attend someone to the grave, attendclēmēnsmerciful, lenient; mild, gentle, quiet, peaceful, easy, moderate; compliantlēnissoft, smooth, gentle, moderate, mild, calm; gradualhūmānushuman (of man, people); humane, kind, philanthropic; cultured, refinedofficiōsusattentive, dutiful, obliging; officiousblanduspleasant, agreeable; enticing, seductive, alluring; persuasive
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
kindly
benigne: liberaliter. (The words are found in this connection and order.) benigne ac liberaliter: comiter: clementer: leniter: indulgenter (with indulgence; e.g., habere aliquem) [SYN. in KIND, adjective]: humane or humaniter: officiose: blande. To greet anyone kindly, benigne aliquem salutare: to address kindly, comiter, blande appellare: to answer kindly, alicui respondere liberaliter: to invite kindly, benigne aliquem invitare: to invite anyone kindly to stay (when about to go away), familiari invitatione aliquem retinere: to receive anybody kindly, vultu hilari or familiari aliquem excipere; as one’s guest, aliquem comi hospitio accipere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for kindly?
- The usual Latin words for “kindly” are benignus, līberālis, comitor; also clēmēns, lēnis, hūmānus. 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.