English → Latin
“circumvent” in Latin
circumveniōto surround; to beset, oppress, distress, overthrow; to circumvent, deceive, cheat, trickfrauscheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles; delusion, error; injury, hurt, harmcōnfingōto form, fashion, fabricate; to invent, devise, feign, pretend
The English word circumvent itself goes back to Latin veniō, through circumveniō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
circumvent
circumvenire: fraudem or fallaciam alicui facere: dolum alicui nectere, confingere: fucum alicui facere. SYN. in DECEIVE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for circumvent?
- The usual Latin words for “circumvent” are circumveniō, fraus, cōnfingō. 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.