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“counterfeit, counterfeited” in Latin
fictīciusfeigned, artificially producedadulterīnusadulterous, unchaste; not genuine, false, counterfeit, impurefallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint; to mistake, be mistaken, deceive oneself; to escape the fūcōsuspainted, coloured, beautified; fake, counterfeit, spuriousfūcōto colour, paint, dye; to embellish, dissemble, falsifysubdōto put, place, set or lay under; set to or apply under; to bring under, subject, subdue; expose; to bring on, furnish, ssuppōnōto put, place under; to subject (to); to falsifysubdĭtīcĭussubstitutedīnsitīvusingrafted, grafted; substituted, spurious; adoptedsimulōto make like, simulate, imitate, copy, represent; to feign, pretend; to behave or act (as if, as though)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
counterfeit, counterfeited
ficticius (general term, not genuine; e.g., jewels, wine, Plin., 37, 13, 76, and 15, 7, 7, ed. Hard.); adulterinus (with accessory notion of deceit or falsification, opposed to bonus; e.g., of coin, a false key, etc., opposed to verus): falsus (false in general; e.g., a letter): fucosus: fucatus (that has only the external appearance of anything, opposed to sincerus, probus; e.g., merchandize): subditus: suppositus: subditicius: insitivus (e.g., of a book, a will, etc.): simulatus: rictus: confictus (not natural, but produced by art; forced; e.g., lacrimae conflctae): counterfait piety, *pietas erga deum simulata: a man of counterfait piety, *pietatis erga deum simulator: one counterfait tear, una falsa lacrimula: in a counterfait manner, simulate; simulatione; per simulationem; ficte; falso; fallaciter.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for counterfeit, counterfeited?
- The usual Latin words for “counterfeit, counterfeited” are fictīcius, adulterīnus, fallō; also fūcōsus, fūcō, subdō. 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.