What is the Latin word for readiness?

The usual Latin words for “readiness” are habeō, facultās, ūtor; also parō, facilitās, officium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“readiness” in Latin

habeōto have, hold; to own, have (possessions); to possess, have (qualities)facultāsability to do any thing easily, skill, capacity, power; means, resources; opportunity, chance ūtorto use, make use of, employ; to enjoy, indulge in, take advantage of; to experience, undergo, encounter parōto arrange, order, contrive, design; to provide, furnish, prepare; to resolve, purpose, decide facilitāsease, easiness, facility, readiness; willingness; affability, courteousness; levity, heedlessness officiumduty, service, office; obligation, an obligatory service, visit, or gesture; kindness, favor, courtesy studiumstudy; eagerness, zeal; desire, fancy

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

readiness

State of being ready, habitus (acquired readiness in an art, etc., when one is, as it were, at home in it; Vid: Cic., Invent., 1, 25, 36): facultas (general term, power or ability to do anything): usus (practice and experience in a thing: ☞ not facilitas; i. e., talent for anything; Vid: Cic., Tusc., 4, 12, 28; nor dexteritas; i. e., cleverness, adroitness). Readiness in writing, usus scribendi: readiness in a language, scientia alicujus linguae (thorough knowledge of it, Caes., B.G., 1, 47): readiness in speaking Latin, *promta atque expedita Latine loquendi facultas: to attain a certain readiness in anything, quandam facultatem in aliqua re consequi: to possess readiness in speaking, expeditum esse ad dicendum (by practice): promtum esse lingua (with natural eloquence): commode verba facere (by knowledge of a language, Nep., Them., 10, 1): to stand in readiness, paratum, promtum, promtum paratumque, expeditum esse (of persons; SYN. in READY); sub manibus esse (of servants, etc.); ad manum esse (to be at hand; of persons and things): in promtu esse, paratum or provisum esse, prae manu esse (to be close at hand; of things): to have or keep in readiness, habere paratum, in expedito, in procinctu.

Willingness, animus promtus or paratus: facilitas (complaisance): officium (readiness to serve): studium (zeal, good-will): with all readiness, animo promtissimo; libentissime.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for readiness?: The usual Latin words for “readiness” are habeō, facultās, ūtor; also parō, facilitās, officium. 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.