English → Latin
“passable” in Latin
facilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile; ready, quick, easily movingprōcēdōto proceed, advance; to show oneself, appear, become visible; to go towards, go to meettolerābilisbearable, supportable, endurable, passable, tolerabletolerōto bear, endure, tolerate, put up with, support; to sustain (with the notion of barely doing so)ferōto bear; to carry; to support, hold up; to suffer, tolerate, endure, bearmediocrismiddling, moderate, medium; tolerable, ordinary, normal; mediocre, indifferentmodicusmoderate; temperate, restrained; reasonableineōto enter, go into; to begin; to have sexual intercourse
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
passable
Through which one may pass, (via) qua commode, facile, procedere, incedere possumus; (via) facilis et aperta (Quint.): to render passable, vias transitu difficiles munire (Liv.).
Tolerable, such as may pass, tolerabilis; tolerandus: ferendus (bearable: ☞ patibilis in this sense only in Cic., Tusc., 4, 23, init.; which, however, is authority enough): mediocris, modicus (moderately good): non contemnendus (not despicable). (The words are found in this connection and order.) non contemnendus planeque to lerabilis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for passable?
- The usual Latin words for “passable” are facilis, prōcēdō, tolerābilis; also tolerō, ferō, mediocris. 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.