English → Latin
“susceptible” in Latin
capāxThat can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy.; Susceptible, capable of, able, apt, fit for.prāvuscrooked, deformed; depraved, perverse, wicked; vicious, wrong, bad, impropersuscipiōto take up, acknowledge; to undertake, assume, begin, incur, enter upon (especially when done voluntarily and as a favortangōto touch, grasp; to reach, arrive at, come to a place; to attain to
The English word susceptible itself goes back to Latin suscipiō, through susceptibilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
susceptible
capax (general term, able to contain anything): docilis alicujus rei (that easily learns what he hears; e.g., pravi, Hor., Sal., 2, 2, 52): natus factusque ad aliquid (constituted for): mobilis ad aliquid (excitable; Vid: Liv., 6, 6). A heart very susceptible of anything, mollis animus ad accipiendum aliquid (after Cic., Att., 1, 17, 2): to be susceptible of anything, aliquid admittere or suscipere (to admit, receive); aliquid senfire (to have a taste for): not to be susceptible of anything, aliqua re non moveri or nou tangi; aliquid me non tangit or in me non cadit (e.g., dolor): to be no longer susceptible of anything, omni sensu carere; omnem sensum exuisse: to render one susceptible of anything, aliquem alicujus rei sensu imbuere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for susceptible?
- The usual Latin words for “susceptible” are capāx, prāvus, suscipiō; also tangō. 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.