English → Latin
“mutiny” in Latin
factiōa political faction, a group of people acting together; a company of charioteers; an act of making or doing; a preparatisēditiōinsurrection, dissension, mutiny, sedition, rebellion, outbreak, uprising, riot; discord, strife, quarrel, turmoil, dissmoveōto move, stir, set in motion; to disturb, shake, remove; to arouse, excite, promote, produceconcitōto rush; to rouse up, agitate, move violently, stir up, excite, disturb; to spur, impel, incite
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mutiny s.
factio; seditio; motus; consensionis globus (Nep., Att., 8, 4). To raise a mutiny, seditiosa consilia agitare; seditionem concitare, or simply concitare. Vid: SEDITION.
mutiny v.
imperium auspiciumque abnuere (of soldiers refusing to obey): the troops mutinied, seditio in castris orta est (Caes.); seditio facta est: to endeavor to make the troops mutiny, seditionem ac discordiam concitare (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mutiny?
- The usual Latin words for “mutiny” are factiō, sēditiō, moveō; also concitō. 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.