English → Latin
“murderous” in Latin
sanguināriusof or pertaining to blood; bloody, covered with bloodcapitālisof the head or life; dangerous, which concerns the life or death; deadly, mortalinternecīnusdeadly, destructivehostisan enemy of the state, an enemy, a hostile, opponent, foe; the enemyinimīcusenemy, foe (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
murderous
sanguinarius (bloodthirsty): eruentus (bloody): capitalis (even to death; e.g., hostis, inimicus, odium): internecinus (that ends in the destruction of one party or of both; the proper word of a war; in later writers also, figuratively, of a disease, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for murderous?
- The usual Latin words for “murderous” are sanguinārius, capitālis, internecīnus; also hostis, inimīcus. 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.