English → Latin
“betray” in Latin
prōsumto be useful or of use, do good, help, benefit, profit; to serve; to be good or beneficialtrādōto hand over, give up, deliver, transmit, surrender; impart; entrust, confide; to leave behind, bequeath; to give up or dēstituōto fix or set in position; to place; to leave alone, forsake, abandon or desert; to delude, deceive, cheatēnūntiōto say, reveal or disclose; to report, express or declareprōferōto bring out, bring forth; to make known, produce in public, publish, reveal; to appear, show oneselfilliciōto entice, seducepelliciōto allure, entice, inveigle; to decoy, coax, wheedle; to attract, win overcrīmena judicial decision, verdict, or judgment; an object of reproach, invective; a crime, fault, offensevultusa facial expression, look, countenance; the front of the head, face; the face as involved in looking; the view, gazecōnsciusconscious; aware of, knowing of, conscious of, privy to; aware of, knowing of, conscious of, privy to
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
betray
to enemies), prodere, tradere.
Leave in the lurch, destituere.
Reveal, disclose, prodere (as, crimen, vultu, conscios, furem); enuntiare (as, commissa; to one, alicui); deferre aliquid or de aliqua re (as an informer; to one, ad aliquem): proferre (as, secreta animi, consilia). To betray one’s self, se prodere. Your voice betrays you, te voce noscito, te ex voce cognosco.
To be the mark of, esse (with genitive). It betrays a dull brain to, etc., est tardi ingenii (with infinitive).
To lead away, aliquem in or ad aliquam rem inducere, illicere, pellicere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for betray?
- The usual Latin words for “betray” are prōsum, trādō, dēstituō; also ēnūntiō, prōferō, illiciō. 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.