English → Latin
“serviceable” in Latin
ūtilisuseful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous; helpful; fit, suitable, adapted, propersalūberhealthy, salubrious; salutary, beneficial; wholesomesalūtōto preserve, keep safe; to greet, salute; to pay respectsefficāxefficacious, effectual, powerful, efficientcommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming; opportune, timely, tidy; pleasant, friendlyaccommodōto fit or adapt something to something else, lay, put or hang on, attach; prepare (for a use), provide; to adjust, adaptaptussuitable, adapted; ready; apt, properadiūtorhelper, assistant; deputyadiūtrīxassistant, helper, accomplice (female)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
serviceable
utilis (useful; ☞ not conducibilis in good prose): saluber, salutaris (wholesome): efficax (efficacious): commodus, accommodatus, aptus (fit): to be serviceable to, adjuvare aliquem, adjutorem (feminine, adjutricem) esse alicui, adjumento esse alicui (general term, to help, support); auxiliari alicui, auxilio esse alicui (to aid or help one in need); sublevare aliquem or aliquid (PROP., to raise one up); consulere alicui (to consult the good of anybody). To be serviceable to a person in any matter, adjuvare aliquem or adjutorem (adjutricem) esse alicui in aliqua re or ad aliquid (general term, to assist): commodare alicui operam suam ad aliquid (to lend one’s help to anything): in re alicui non deesse (not to withdraw one’s aid): sublevare aliquid aliqua re (to lighten or render easy; e.g., fugam alicujus pecunia). He has been serviceable to me for that purpose, ejus opera consecutus sum, quod optabam
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for serviceable?
- The usual Latin words for “serviceable” are ūtilis, salūber, salūtō; also efficāx, commodus, accommodō. 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.