English → Latin
“lavish” in Latin
prōdiguswasteful, lavish, prodigalprofundōto pour forth, to lavish; to prostrate; to squandereffundōto pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off; to pour, drive, cast or send out, shower, discharge; to give oneself up to,obsolētusold, worn out, thrown off; obsolete, out-of-date; common, ordinary, mean, lowcōnficiōto prepare, accomplish, complete, execute; settle, close a bargain; traverse; to produce, cause, bring about, effect, secōnsūmōto take wholly or completely; to consume, devour, waste, squander, use up; annihilate, destroy, bring to naught; to killlacerōto rend, tear to pieces; to mutilate, lacerate; to mangle
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lavish adj.
prodigus (of persons): profusus, effusus (of persons and things): lavish of anything, prodigus, effusus, in aliqua re: lavish expenditure, sumtus profusus: to be lavish of, effundere; profundere: ☞ prodigere; obsolete, revived after the Golden Age; to be avoided.
lavish v.
effundere; profundere; conficere, consumere; (The words are found in this connection and order.) effundere et consumere (to consume or destroy by lavishing); abligurire, lacerare (e.g., patria bona): ☞ not prodigere, Vid: the foregoing word.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lavish?
- The usual Latin words for “lavish” are prōdigus, profundō, effundō; also obsolētus, cōnficiō, cōnsūmō. 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.