English → Latin
“rebellious” in Latin
sēditiōsusmutinous, seditious; quarrelsome, factious; troubledrebellōto renew war, to wage war again; to revoltturbulentusstormy, turbulent; unruly, riotouscīviscitizen; a subject (i.e., a person subject to a ruler)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rebellious
seditiosus (being in the act of rebelling, or about to rebel): rerum evertendarum or rerum novarum cupidus; rerum mutationis cupidus (inclined for the overthrow of the existing order): rebellans (rising against the conquerors; of a nation not long since subdued): turbulentus (revolutionary). (The words are found in this connection and order.) seditiosus ac turbulentus (e.g., civis): to be rebellious, novas res quaerere; novis rebus studere. To make rebellious speeches, seditiosa per coetus disserere (Tac., Ann., 3, 40, 3): the Gauls are a rebellious people, Galli novis rebus student et ad bellum mobiliter celeriterque excitantur (Caes., B.G., 3, 10): to make the people rebellious, seditionibus agitare plebem. In a rebellious manner, s., REBELLIOUSLY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rebellious?
- The usual Latin words for “rebellious” are sēditiōsus, rebellō, turbulentus; also cīvis. 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.