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“brutish” in Latin
bēluabeast, monster; brutepecusA group of large domestic animals: a herd of cattle, horses, or donkeys; such animals in a collective sense: cattle and feruswild, savage, fierce, cruel; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed, roughimmānisimmense, enormous, huge, vast; brutal, inhuman, frightful, savageinhūmānusinhuman; savage, barbarous; uncivil, unmannerly, churlish, discourteousdūrushard; rough; harsh; hardy; vigorousincultusuntilled, uncultivated; neglected; unadorned, unpolishedstolidusstupid, foolishfatuusfoolish, silly, simple, stupid; insipid, tasteless; awkward, clumsy, unwieldyhebesblunt, dull, not sharp or pointed; dim, faint, dull; tasteless, without smell, without sensation; dull, obtuse, sluggish
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
brutish
generally beluarum or pecudum. This is brutish, hoc est beluarum. In a brutish manner, beluarum more, pecudum ritu. Brutish lusts, beluinae voluptates.
Savage, etc., ferus, immanis, inhumanus, durus, incultus, ruaticus.
Lumpish, stolidus, fatuus, hebes, stupidus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for brutish?
- The usual Latin words for “brutish” are bēlua, pecus, ferus; also immānis, inhūmānus, dūrus. 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.