catilinarian
/ˌkætɪlɪˈnɛəɹiən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator who attempted to overthrow the Roman Empire; resembling Catiline's conspiracy.
Example Sentences
- "Catilinarian conspiracy"
- "Catilinarian War"
- "We cannot execrate the conspirators who murdered Cæsar as we would do those who might now plot the death of a tyrant; nor can we deal as heavily with the murderers of Cæsar as we would have done then with Catilinarian conspirators in Rome, had Catiline's conspiracy succeeded."
Etymology
From Latin catilīnārius.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: catilīnārius
Inflected Forms
more Catilinarian (comparative)
most Catilinarian (superlative)