English → Latin
“authoritative” in Latin
auctōritāscredibility, prestige, reputation, importance; influence, weight, personal weight; power, ability, authorityimperiōsusmighty, powerful, puissant, commanding; imperious, domineering, overbearing, tyrannical, dictatorialsuperbusproud, rude, supercilious, arrogant, haughty, uncivil, insolent, discourteous; proud, superior, superb, excellent, distiīnsolēnsunusual; contrary to custom or one’s own custom; arrogant, haughty, insolentmultusmuch; many
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
authoritative
having due authority: auctoritatem, multum (plus, etc., ) auctoritatis habens (after Cic., legum verba - quo plus auctoritatis habeant, etc.): aliquid magna auctoritate affirmatum (with all the weight that character, consent, etc., can give it: both of things).
Having the air of authority: imperiosus: superbus: insolens.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for authoritative?
- The usual Latin words for “authoritative” are auctōritās, imperiōsus, superbus; also īnsolēns, multus. 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.