English → Latin
“thank” in Latin
persolvōto release or discharge; to pay, pay out or render; to perform, accomplish, fulfill an obligation or taskreddōto give back, return, restore; to give up, hand over, deliver, render, provide, assign; to surrender, relinquish, delivetribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute; to yield, give up, concede, allow; to divide, share, distribute
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
thank
gratias agere, persolvere (with words; Vid: THANKFUL for the construction); gratiam referre, reddere, tribuere: beneficio respondere: beneficium remunerari (by action); gratiam habere: gratum esse erga aliquem: beneficii memoriam conservare: memori mente gratiam persolvere. grata memoria beneficium (beneficia) prosequi (in the heart): re ipsa atque animo esse gratum (in deed and in heart). To thank most earnestly, maximas, incredibiles, singulares gratias agere alicui: amplissimis op singularibus verbis gratias agere alicui: I thank you, benigne dicis (in accepting an offer): to have to thank one for anything, alicui aliquid debere (anything good); alicui aliquid acceptum referre (goud or bad): to thank (i. e., merely to thank, and so to refuse or decline), aliquid gratia rei accepta non accipere (to feel obliged by an offer, but not to accept it; Vid: Liv., 22, 37): recusare (to refuse): deponere (to decline): deprecari (to excuse one’s self): I thank you! benigne (dicis)! benigne ac liberaliter! recte (no! as an answer to a proposal or offer, Ter., Eun., 2, 3, 51): I thank you for your kind invitation, bene vocas; tam gratia est (Plaut., Men., 2, 3, 36).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for thank?
- The usual Latin words for “thank” are persolvō, reddō, tribuō. 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.