English → Latin
“complot” in Latin
cōnsēnsiōagreement, consent, harmony, unanimity; plot, conspiracycōnspīrātiōunion, unanimity, concord, harmony; plot, mutiny, conspiracyconiūrātiōa swearing together; a conspiracy, plot; confederacy, band of conspiratorssocietāssociety, fellowship, partnership, association, community, union; affinity (a union for a common purpose); a company or scoitiōmeeting; combination; coitus, sexual intercoursecōnspīrōto plot or conspire; to sound in unison
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
complot
consensio: conspiratio: consensionis or conspirationis globus (general term): conjuratio (conspiracy): societas: sodalitium (union, in a bad sense, a gang; all designating the secret union, as well as its members): coitio (a secret assembly or meeting): the complot is frustrated, consensionis globus aliqua re disjicitur: to make a complot; Vid. COMPLOT, v.
complot v.
consensiones or coitionem facere: conspirare; societatem coire: against anybody, in aliquem conspirare; contra aliquem conjurare; ad aliquem opprimendum consentire (in order to crush anybody).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for complot?
- The usual Latin words for “complot” are cōnsēnsiō, cōnspīrātiō, coniūrātiō; also societās, coitiō, cōnspīrō. 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.