subterfugium

Latin

Etymology

From subterfugiō +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sub.terˈfu.ɡi.um/, [s̠ʊpt̪ɛrˈfʊɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sub.terˈfu.d͡ʒi.um/, [subt̪erˈfuːd͡ʒium]

Noun

subterfugium n (genitive subterfugiī or subterfugī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) subterfuge

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	subterfugium	subterfugia
Genitive	subterfugiī subterfugī1	subterfugiōrum
Dative	subterfugiō	subterfugiīs
Accusative	subterfugium	subterfugia
Ablative	subterfugiō	subterfugiīs
Vocative	subterfugium	subterfugia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → Ido: subterfujo
• → Italian: sotterfugio m
• → Middle French: subterfuge m
  • French: subterfuge m
  • → English: subterfuge
• → Old Occitan:
  • Occitan: subterfugi m
  • Catalan: subterfugi m
• → Spanish: subterfugio m

References

• subterfugium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “subterfugium”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• “subterfugium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press