English → Latin
“republican” in Latin
rēspūblicaa republic, commonwealth; the state, nation; politics, civil affairslīberfree, independent, unrestricted, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious; freeman, freewoman; open (not decided or settled)fōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance; fine form; beauty; outline, plan, design
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
republican adj.
must, for the most part, be expressed by a genitive; e.g., a republicanconstitution, reipublicae (liberae) forma: to give a republican constitution to a country, reipublicae formam civitati dare: to have republican feelings or predilections, reipublicae liberae esse amicum: libertatis esse amantem.
republican s.
reipublicae liberae civis (citizen of a republic): reipublicae liberae amicus: communis libertatis propugnator (a friend of the republican form of government). A zealous or fierce republican, acerrimus reipublicae liberae propugnator.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for republican?
- The usual Latin words for “republican” are rēspūblica, līber, fōrma. 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.