English → Latin
“insolent” in Latin
īnsolēnsunusual; contrary to custom or one’s own custom; arrogant, haughty, insolentsuperbusproud, rude, supercilious, arrogant, haughty, uncivil, insolent, discourteous; proud, superior, superb, excellent, distiarrogōto claim as one's own, arrogate to oneself, assume; to assign, attribute; to confer upon or procure for someonegerōto carry, bear; to manage, conduct (e.g., one's affairs); to rule, governintumēscōto become swollen; to riseīnsolēscōto become strange; to become haughty or insolentsuperbiōto be haughty or proud; take pride in; to be superb
The English word insolent itself goes back to Latin soleō, through īnsolēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
insolent
insolens: superbus: arrogans [SYN. in ARROGANT.] (The words are found in this connection and order.) insolens et superbus. To become insolent, insolentem fieri; insolenter or insolentius se efferre or gerere; intumescere (Plin.): insolescere (Sall., after Cato; Tac., Justinus): superbire, etc.; magnos spiritus or magnam arrogantiam sibi sumere. To be insolent, insolentera esse; inani superbiā tumere, etc.: to make anybody insolent, aliquem superbum or insolentem facere; alicui spiritus afferre (both of things): to make anybody intolerably insolent, alicujus animum ad intolerabilem superbiam inflare. Vid: PROUD.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for insolent?
- The usual Latin words for “insolent” are īnsolēns, superbus, arrogō; also gerō, intumēscō, īnsolēscō. 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.