English → Latin
“prosper” in Latin
bonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefulsuccēdōto climb, mount or ascend, go from under; go up; to march on, advance, march up to, approach; to follow, succeed in, to prosperagreeable to one's wishes
The English word prosper itself goes back to Latin prosperus, through prosperō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
prosper
Intransitively, uti prospera fortuna (to be prosperous): bene or prospere succedere; successum, prosperos successus habere (to succeed well).
Transitively, fortunare aliquem or aliquid (to give good fortune to): prosperare aliquid (to cause to succeed: ☞ secundare is poetic): prosperare alicui aliquid (to cause one to succeed in anything): augere aliquem aliqua re (to furnish copiously or abundantly with anything).
Prosper
Prosper, -eri (m.)
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for prosper?
- The usual Latin words for “prosper” are bonus, succēdō, prosper. 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.