English → Latin
“presumption” in Latin
coniciōto throw or bring together, unite, connect; to throw, drive, force, hurl something; to dispatch, assign, make goopīniōopinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation; reputation, esteem; report, rumoraudāxbold, audacious, daring; presumptuouscōnfīdō(+ Dative of the person and e + ablative of the thing or in/de + ablative) to be confident or assured of, confide in, betemeritāshap, chance, accident; rashness, thoughtlessness, temerityarrogantiaAn assuming, presumption; arrogance, conceitedness.; Pride, haughtiness, insolence.; Obstinacy, stubbornness.
The English word presumption itself goes back to Latin sūmptus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
presumption
Opinion, conjectura; opinio; praesumta opinio (Quint.).
Prima facie probability. This is a point that, etc., this constitutes a point that, etc., ex aliqua re (conjectura) colligere potes, or *colligi posse videtur.
Boldness, daring, audacia; confidentia; temeritas. arrogantia.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for presumption?
- The usual Latin words for “presumption” are coniciō, opīniō, audāx; also cōnfīdō, temeritās, arrogantia. 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.