What is the Latin word for valuable?

The usual Latin words for “valuable” are pretiōsus, ēgregius, ōrnō; also accipiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“valuable” in Latin

pretiōsusvaluable, precious; expensive, costly ēgregiusdistinguished, excellent, eminent; illustrious, honorable ōrnōto furnish, equip, outfit, prepare; to adorn, ornament, decorate; to honor, commend, praise accipiōto receive, accept, take; to receive, accept, or take in something so as to alter one’s mental or physical state; to hea

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

valuable

pretiosus: multi pretii (PROP. and figuratively): aestimatione dignus: magni faciendus (figuratively). A valuable work, opus magni faciendum, haud contemnendum, egregium: to send many valuable contributions to a book, *multis et egregiis accessionibus librum augere, ornare: a valuable present, munus gratum, acceptum (Nep.): a valuable, res pretiosa, egregia, eximia, magni pretii: valuables, res pretiosae, magni pretii, plur.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for valuable?: The usual Latin words for “valuable” are pretiōsus, ēgregius, ōrnō; also accipiō. 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.