English → Latin
“tyrannical” in Latin
tyrannicustyrannous, tyrannicalcrūdēlisunfeeling, rude; ruthless, cruel, mercilesssaevusfurious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous, cruel, savageimmānisimmense, enormous, huge, vast; brutal, inhuman, frightful, savagecrūdēlitāscruelty, severitysuperbiapride, haughtiness, arrogance, snobbishness, insolence, lawlessness, wantonness; conceit, vanity; rudeness, discourtesy
The English word tyrannical itself goes back to Latin tyrannicus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tyrannical
tyrannicus (Cic.: in the Roman sense, regius, superbus): crudelis: saevus: immanis (cruel). A tyrannical disposition or conduct, crudelitas: superbia: animus saevus, crudelis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tyrannical?
- The usual Latin words for “tyrannical” are tyrannicus, crūdēlis, saevus; also immānis, crūdēlitās, superbia. 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.