subterfugio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From subter (“under”) + fugio (“I flee”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sub.terˈfu.ɡi.oː/, [s̠ʊpt̪ɛrˈfʊɡioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sub.terˈfu.d͡ʒi.o/, [subt̪erˈfuːd͡ʒio]
Verb edit
subterfugiō (present infinitive subterfugere, perfect active subterfūgī); third conjugation iō-variant, no passive, no supine stem
- to flee secretly or by stealth
- to escape, to shun, to evade, to avoid
- Subterfugio poenam.
- I avoid punishment.
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “subterfugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “subterfugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subterfugio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to try to avoid military service: militiam detrectare, subterfugere
- to try to avoid military service: militiam detrectare, subterfugere
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugiō (“to flee secretly”), from subter (“under”) and fugio (“to flee”).
Noun edit
subterfugio m (plural subterfugios)
Further reading edit
- “subterfugio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014