English → Latin
“magisterial” in Latin
magistrātusa magistrate, official; a magisterial office, civil office, magistracyimperiōsusmighty, 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 someone
The English word magisterial itself goes back to Latin magister, through magisterialis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
magisterial
Of or relating to a magistrate, by the substantive. A magisterial office, magistratus.
Imperious, haughty, imperiosus; superbus; insolens; arrogans.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for magisterial?
- The usual Latin words for “magisterial” are magistrātus, imperiōsus, superbus; also īnsolēns, arrogō. 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.