English → Latin
“welcome” in Latin
accipiōto receive, accept, take; to receive, accept, or take in something so as to alter one’s mental or physical state; to heagrātuspleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome; dear, beloved; grateful, thankfuliūcunduspleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing, delicioussuāvissweet, pleasant, deliciousdulcissweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant; sweet-sounding, melodic, melodious, tunefulmollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible, supple; mild, tendercārusdear, beloved; costly, expensive, valueddīligōto esteem, prize, love, have regard, to delight in (something); to set apart by choosing, to single (something) out, to salvussafe, saved, preserved, sound, unharmed, unscathed, unhurt, uninjured; well, healthy, wholesomeexoptōto long for (greatly desire)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
welcome adj.
acceptus (gladly received): gratus (causing in us a feeling of obligation, from its value to us): jucundus (causing in us the feeling of delight): suavis: dulcis: mollis (suavis, dulcis, sweet; mollis, gentle; agreeably affecting the mind: all these of persons and things): carus (dear): dilectus (valued, beloved): gratiosus alicui or apud aliquem (high in his favor). A welcome time, commodum tempus; opportunum or idoneum tempus: very welcome, pergratus; perjucundus: to be welcome, jucundum esse; placere (both of persons and things).
welcome v.
aliquem salvere jubeo: benigne aliquem excipere (i. e., to give a hearty welcome). We all welcome you heartily, carus omnibus exspectatusque venis: I welcome you, salve; very heartily, plurimum te salvere jubeo.
welcome interj.
salve! salutem tibi imprecor!salvere te jubeo! exoptatus, exspectatus, mihi ades! gratus hospes ades, venis.
welcome s.
salutatio (a greeting). Mostly by circumlocution; e.g., a hearty welcome to you! plurimum te salvere jubeo! to give a welcome to anybody, benigne accipere aliquem.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for welcome?
- The usual Latin words for “welcome” are accipiō, grātus, iūcundus; also suāvis, dulcis, mollis. 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.