English → Latin
“deceitful” in Latin
fraudulentusdeceitful, fraudulent; dishonest, falsefallāxdeceptive, deceitful; fallacious, spuriousdolōsuscrafty, cunning, deceitfulvafersly, cunning, crafty, artful, subtleveterātororator, one wedded to routine; old fox, slyboots, trickster, crafty fellowvānusvain, empty, vacant, void; unsubstantial; groundless, baseless, meaningless, pointless, worthless, ineffectual, mindlessspēshope (belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen); expectation, anticipation; apprehension
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deceitful
ad fallendum instructus; fraudulentus: fallax (prone to deceive craftily): dolosus (full of deceit, all both of persons and things): vafer (sly): veterator (grown old in deceit): vanus (empty; of things; e.g., hopes, spes): deceitful words, verba ad fallendum instructa.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deceitful?
- The usual Latin words for “deceitful” are fraudulentus, fallāx, dolōsus; also vafer, veterātor, vānus. 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.