English → Latin
“unbridled” in Latin
īnfrēnōto bridle, restrain, check; to break ineffrēnōto unbridle, let looseeffrēnusunbridled, unrestrainedpopulusa people, nation; a community of people; the people, public, crowd, host, multitudelibīdōdesire, fancy, inclination, longing, pleasure, caprice, passion, wantonness; lust, sensualitycupiditāsdesire (deemed good, neutral or bad); lust, passion; cupidity, avarice, greed, covetousnessmēnsmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unbridled
infrenatus (without bridle): effrenatus (but figuratively, of the mind; lust, desire, passion, etc.). ☞ Infrenis, † and post-Augustan: effrenus, once in Livy, PROP. equus, mostly †. (The words are found in this connection and order.) solutus effrenatusque (e.g., populi, Cic.); effrenatus et indomitus (e.g., libido, Cic.); effrenatus ac furiosus (e.g., cupiditas, Cic.); effrenatus et praeceps (e.g., mens, Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unbridled?
- The usual Latin words for “unbridled” are īnfrēnō, effrēnō, effrēnus; also populus, libīdō, cupiditās. 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.