English → Latin
“domineering” in Latin
imperiōsusmighty, 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, insolentarrogōto claim as one's own, arrogate to oneself, assume; to assign, attribute; to confer upon or procure for someonearrogānsassuming haughtily, presumptuous; insolent, arrogant, conceited, or overbearing
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
domineering
imperiosus: superbus (proud): insolens (haughty toward others): arrogans (arrogant): in a domineering manner, imperiose: pro imperio (e.g., to order anybody to be off, aliquem discedere jubere): superbe: insolenter: arroganter.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for domineering?
- The usual Latin words for “domineering” are imperiōsus, superbus, īnsolēns; also arrogō, arrogāns. 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.