English → Latin
“captious” in Latin
captiōsusfallacious, deceptive; captious; harmfulfallāxdeceptive, deceitful; fallacious, spuriousīnsidiōsuscunning, deceitful, insidious; dangerous, hazardousdolōsuscrafty, cunning, deceitfulsubdoluscrafty, cunning, sly, subtlefraudulentusdeceitful, fraudulent; dishonest, falseiūrgiōsusquarrelsomerixōsusquarrelsome, pugnacious
The English word captious itself goes back to Latin captiō, through captiōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
captious
captiosus; fallax; insidiosus: to put a captious question, captiose interrogare; captiosissimo genere interrogationis uti: to answer captious questions, captiosa solvere: dolosus; subdolus; fraudulentus: (eager to controvert) jurgiosus; rixosus: rixae cupidus; litigiosus; litium cupidus: to be very captious, mira esse ad litigandum, or ad rixandum, alacritate; altercandi or rixandi studiosus: anceps verborum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for captious?
- The usual Latin words for “captious” are captiōsus, fallāx, īnsidiōsus; also dolōsus, subdolus, fraudulentus. 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.