English → Latin
“arrant” in Latin
superusabove, upper, highermagnusgreat, large, big; (of things) vast, extensive, spacious (of physical size or quantity); great, grand, mighty, noble, locaputthe head (of humans and animals); head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end); origin; source; spring; hprī̆ncepsfirst, foremost; chief, distinguishedcōnstōto stand together; to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm; to agree, correspond, fitomnisevery; whole, the entirety, all; alltrifurciferSomeone who is triply a rogue, an arrant rogue or rascal, arch-rogue, persistent thief.
The English word arrant itself goes back to Latin iterō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
arrant
To be translated by summus, maximus, with or without omnium: by caput or princeps with genitive: by totus ex aliqua re factus est or constat; versatus est in omni genere alicujus rei. In Plaut., by compounds with the Greek tri (trifur; triscurria). An arrant rogue, trifurcifer (comedy): caput scelerum (Plaut.): princeps flagitiorum (Cic.): veterator. An arrant thief princeps omnium furtorum (Cic..); versatus in omni genere furandi atque praedandi. Sometimes by a superlative adjective: an arrant fool, stolidissimus, stultissimus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for arrant?
- The usual Latin words for “arrant” are superus, magnus, caput; also prī̆nceps, cōnstō, omnis. 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.