English → Latin
“seditious” 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)
The English word seditious itself goes back to Latin itiō, through seditiosus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
seditious
seditiosus (engaged in a disturbance): rerum evertendarum or rerum novarum cupidus; rerum mutationis cupidus (disposed to overthrow the existing order of things): rebellans (that rises against a conqueror): turbulentus (restless, unquiet). (The words are found in this connection and order.) seditiosus ac turbulentus; e.g., civis. To be seditious, novas res quaerere; novis rebus studere (seditiously disposed) in seditione inter se esse (in a state of sedition): to make seditious speeches against anyone, seditiosis vocibus increpare aliquem: to hold seditious language, seditiosa per coetus disserere (Tac., Ann., 3, 40, 3): the Gauls are a seditious people, Galli novis rebus student et ad bellum mobiliter celeriterque excitantur (Caes., B.G., 3, 10).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for seditious?
- The usual Latin words for “seditious” 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.