English → Latin
“populous” in Latin
frequēnscrowded, crammed, packed; filled with a multitude, filled, full, crowded, populous; frequent, repeatedcelebercontaining a multitude, numerous, frequent; crowded, populous; honored by a great assembly, famous, celebrated, renownedfrequentōto frequent (to visit frequently); to fill, stock, or crowd
The English word populous itself goes back to Latin populus, through populosus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
populous
frequens; incolis frequens; celeber (Cic.); frequentatus (Sall.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for populous?
- The usual Latin words for “populous” are frequēns, celeber, frequentō. 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.