English → Latin
“sprightly” in Latin
hilarischeerful, lively, light-hearted, merry, jovialvegetusenlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active, brisk, sprightlyalacerlively; brisk; quick; eager; active; peppy; excited; glad; happy; cheerfulvigeōto be vigorous or thriving; thrive, flourish; to be in honor, esteem or repute; prosper; to be alive, live
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sprightly
hilaris, hilarus (either at the moment or habitually): alacer gaudio (at the moment). [Vid: GAY.] Sometimes vegetus: alacer; vigens. SYN. in ALERT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sprightly?
- The usual Latin words for “sprightly” are hilaris, vegetus, alacer; also vigeō. 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.