English → Latin
“sceptred” in Latin
scēptriferspectre-bearing; authoritative, supremescēptrigerscepter-bearingscēptūchussceptre-bearer, a high officer in the Persian courtStātiusa masculine praenomen, famously held by
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sceptred
sceptrifer (Ov.); sceptriger (Statius); sceptuchus (Tac., said of an Eastern viceroy).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sceptred?
- The usual Latin words for “sceptred” are scēptrifer, scēptriger, scēptūchus; also Stātius. 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.