English → Latin
“deceit” in Latin
frauscheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles; delusion, error; injury, hurt, harmfraudātiōThe act of cheating, deceiving or defrauding; deceit, fraud.dolorpain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow; indignation, resentment, anger, fury, vengeancefallāxdeceptive, deceitful; fallacious, spuriousarsart, skill, craft, handicraft; trade, occupation, employment; cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagemmāchinacontrivance; war machine, military engine, siege engine; scaffoldfraudulentusdeceitful, fraudulent; dishonest, false
The English word deceit itself goes back to Latin capiō, through decipio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deceit
fraus (fraudulent action): fraudatio (dishonesty, opposed to fides, honesty): dolus malus, or dolus only (artifice): fallacia (especially when the deceit is carried on by words): doli atque fallaciae: ars; artes; machinae (artful means to attain one’s end): without deceit, sine fraude: full of deceit (of men), fraudulentus; qui totus ex fraude et fallaciis constat (opposed to homo sine fuco et fallaciis): to practise deceit, fraudem inferre; fraudem moliri; against anybody, dolum alicui struere, nectere, confingere; fallaciam in aliquem intendere: there is, or is not, any deceit in it, aliquid or nihil doli subest. Self-deceit, error, also fraus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deceit?
- The usual Latin words for “deceit” are fraus, fraudātiō, dolor; also fallāx, ars, māchina. 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.