English → Latin
“deception” in Latin
fraudātiōThe act of cheating, deceiving or defrauding; deceit, fraud.fallāxdeceptive, deceitful; fallacious, spuriouscircumscrīptiōcircle, circumference; boundary, outline, contour; cheating, fraudfrauscheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles; delusion, error; injury, hurt, harm
The English word deception itself goes back to Latin dēcipiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deception
fraudatio: fallacia: circumscriptio. fraus. [☞ Deceptio, which used to stand, Vitr. 2, 8, is very late.] Vid: DECEIT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deception?
- The usual Latin words for “deception” are fraudātiō, fallāx, circumscrīptiō; also fraus. 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.