English → Latin
“patient” in Latin
patiorto suffer, endure, tolerate; to allow, acquiesce, permit, submit; to exist, livetolerōto bear, endure, tolerate, put up with, support; to sustain (with the notion of barely doing so)placidusPlacid, gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful, tranquil; Ripe, mellow; Not wild, fruitful, suitable for cultivationaegersick, ill; weak, feeble; difficult, reluctant, troublesomeaegrōtussick, ill, diseased, suffering:; sick, ill, diseased, suffering:
The English word patient itself goes back to Latin patior, through patiens.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
patient adj.
patiens, tolerans, in anything, alicujus rei [SYN. in PATIENCE]: placidus (mild, calm): to be patient; Vid: “to have PATIENCE.
patient s.
aeger; aegrotus: to visit patients, aegrotos perambulare (of a physician).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for patient?
- The usual Latin words for “patient” are patior, tolerō, placidus; also aeger, aegrōtus. 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.