English → Latin
“popular” in Latin
populārispopular (by, of or for the people); of the same people or country; native, indigenousgrātuspleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome; dear, beloved; grateful, thankfulōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speaking
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
popular
Acceptable to the people, popularis (Cic.); in vulgus (☞ not vulgo) gratus; gratus, acceptus populo: a man of popular manners, homo communis (Cic.).
In ordinary use, understood by all, ad sensum popularem vulgaremque or ad commune judicium popularemque intelligentiam (accommodates, Cic., De Or., 1, 23, 108; e.g., oratio); intelligentia a populari non remotus. Popular writings, quae scripta sunt indoctis; genus librorum populariterscriptorum (Cic., 5 Fin., 12).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for popular?
- The usual Latin words for “popular” are populāris, grātus, ōrātiō. 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.