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“cabal” in Latin
dolusdeception, deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, trickery; evil intent; malice; wrongdoing (with a view to the consequences);arsart, skill, craft, handicraft; trade, occupation, employment; cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagemartificiumart, craft, skill, talent, artifice, craftsmanship; profession, trade, an employmentfallāxdeceptive, deceitful; fallacious, spuriousconcoquōto boil or seethe together, cook thoroughly; concoct; to prepare, ripen, mature; to digestmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, mfallāciadeception, deceitcōnsiliumplan, intention, design, purpose; counsel, advice; determination, resolve, resolutionfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough); to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle; to adorn, dress, arrange
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cabal s.
an intriguing body, doli or fallaciarum machinatores [Vid: CABALLER]: or by circumlocution, qui consilia clandestina (in aliquem) concoquunt.
Political intrigue, ars, artificium (artifice): fallacia (deceit, intrigue): better in plur., artes (malae): fallaciae (cabals, intrigues): consilia clan destina (hidden designs): calumniae (malicious slander, false accusation).
cabal v.
fallacias facere, fingere, consilia clandestina concoquere; dare operam consiliis clandestinis, with ut (to endeavor to effect by cabals): likewise calumnias facere; molta machinari: to cabal against anybody, fallaciam in aliquem intendere; consiliis clandestinis oppugnare aliquem; alicui dolum nectere. Vid: CABAL.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cabal?
- The usual Latin words for “cabal” are dolus, ars, artificium; also fallāx, concoquō, malus. 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.