English → Latin
“presumptuous” in Latin
audāxbold, audacious, daring; presumptuousarrogōto claim as one's own, arrogate to oneself, assume; to assign, attribute; to confer upon or procure for someone
The English word presumptuous itself goes back to Latin praesūmō, through praesūmptuōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
presumptuous
audax (of persons or things): audacia praeditus; ad audendum projectus (of persons): arrogans: I am not so presumptuous as..., non tantum mihi sumo neque arrogo (ut, etc.); non (id) mihi sumo ut, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for presumptuous?
- The usual Latin words for “presumptuous” are audāx, 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.