English → Latin
“conceited” in Latin
arrogōto claim as one's own, arrogate to oneself, assume; to assign, attribute; to confer upon or procure for someonesuperbusproud, rude, supercilious, arrogant, haughty, uncivil, insolent, discourteous; proud, superior, superb, excellent, distipūtidusold, half-rotten, withered, decrepit; tiresome, wearisome, objectionable, vexatious, offensive, disagreeable, disgustingascīscōto take or receive something with knowledge; approve, accept, recognize, adopt; to take or receive someone to oneself; b
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conceited
arrogans (arrogant): superbus (haughty): A conceited person, homo opinionibus inflatus (Cic., Off., 1, 26, 91); homo nimium amator ingenii sui (filled with too high a notion of himself, Quint.): putidus (affected, especially in speaking): gesticulationibus molestus (by making gestures): ascitus (copied from others, not natural, opposed to nativus).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conceited?
- The usual Latin words for “conceited” are arrogō, superbus, pūtidus; also ascīscō. 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.