English → Latin
“soon” in Latin
moxsoon; afterwards, then; as soon as (when followed by ubi, ut or quam)iamalready; now; doubly emphatic: now — now, this very moment, this instant, any time now, as of now, now indeediamiamqueAt this very momentpropediemshortly, before longcelerfast, swift, quick, speedy, fleetcitusswift, quick, rapid; earlymātūrusmature, full-grown; ripe; early, soonmānusgoodfacilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile; ready, quick, easily movingbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short; short, low, shallow
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
soon
In a short time, brevi tempore, or simply brevi (denoting the short space of time in which anything happens): mox (very soon afterward, immediately after, always supposes a comparison between circumstances or points of time, of which the one follows after the other): jam, more strongly jamjamque (in a moment, represents the time of an action as present, which one indicates as impending): propediem (as soon as possible, tomorrow, denotes a definite point of time up to which anything may happen). Very soon, perbrevi: soon afterward, or thereupon, paullo post or post paullo; brevi postea; non ita multo post; brevi spatio interjecto: I will soon be here, jam hic adero.
Quickly, immediately, celeriter: cito [Vid: IMMEDIATELY]. As soon as, statim; post (e.g., Germani statim e somno lavantur, as soon as they get up): as soon as Veii was taken, post Veios captos; or by an ablative; e.g., alicujus adventu, discessu, as soon as one had come, gone; solis occasu, as soon as the sun had set.
At an early period, mature: mane (early in the morning). Too soon, ante tempus; mature or maturius (Vid: Bremi, Suet., Caes., 26): to do anything soon, maturare aliquid facere: as soon as, simul ac or (when a vowel follows) simul atque: as soon as possible, simul; simul ut; ut primum; cum primum; cum maturrime: as soon as I came to Rome after your departure, ut primum a tuo digresso Romam veni: as soon as the meeting was over, ambassadors were sent, ab illa concione legati missi sunt.
Easily, facile: facili negotio. It is soon said, proclive dictu est (Cic., Off., 2, 60, 69).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for soon?
- The usual Latin words for “soon” are mox, iam, iamiamque; also propediem, celer, citus. 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.