English → Latin
“toward, towardly” in Latin
docilisdocile, teachable; manageable, tractable; intelligibleobsequorto accommodate oneself to the will of another person; comply with, yield to, gratify, oblige, humor, submit; to yield toobsequiōsusobsequious, complaisant, complyingfacilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile; ready, quick, easily movingofficiōsusattentive, dutiful, obliging; officiousprōmōto take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to lightinclīnōto cause to lean, bend, tilt, incline, turn; bend down, bow something; divert; swerve; to cause to fall back or give way
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
toward, towardly adj.
docilis (teachable, tractable): obsequens: obsequiosus (willingly acceding to others’ wishes; the latter only in Plaut., Capt., 2, 3, 58): facilis: officiosus (complaisant; ready to render a service). Toward in anything, promptus or paratus ad aliquid (ready for anything): inclinatus or propensus ad aliquid (easy to be induced; inclined for anything).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for toward, towardly?
- The usual Latin words for “toward, towardly” are docilis, obsequor, obsequiōsus; also facilis, officiōsus, prōmō. 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.