English → Latin
“circumvention” in Latin
frauscheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles; delusion, error; injury, hurt, harmfraudātiōThe act of cheating, deceiving or defrauding; deceit, fraud.arsart, skill, craft, handicraft; trade, occupation, employment; cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagemmāchinacontrivance; war machine, military engine, siege engine; scaffoldfallāxdeceptive, deceitful; fallacious, spurious
The English word circumvention itself goes back to Latin veniō, through circumventio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
circumvention
fraus: fraudatio: circurascriptio: ars: artes: machinae: fallacia. (The words are found in this connection and order), doli atque fallaciae. SYN. in DECEIT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for circumvention?
- The usual Latin words for “circumvention” are fraus, fraudātiō, ars; also māchina, fallāx. 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.