English → Latin
“default” in Latin
dēfectiōdefection, desertion; rebellion, revolt (of a city); failing, failure, deficiency, want, disappearance, declinedēficiōto move away, leave, withdraw, break away; to be exhausted, run out, fail, run out, be wanting, fail, cease, disappear, dēsumto be wanting/lacking (+ dative); to fall short of, fail to obtain, miss; to abandon, to desert, to neglect
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
default
defectio; defectus (with the genitive: both express omission, or defect; the first as an act; the latter as a condition).
Default, as a law-term, vadimonium desertum: to let judgement go by default, ad diem, or ad vadimonium non venire; vadimonium deserere: se non sistere.
Failure (Vid :).
“In default of by circumlocution with verbs deesse, deficere, etc.: in default of arms, cum tela deficiant or dencerent (Caes.): in default of arms they seized upon sticks and stones, *arma cum deessent (or deficerent, if they had before had some), saxa et ligna corripuerunt: to have recourse to lies in default of argument, *idoneo argumento deficiente, ad mendacia confugere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for default?
- The usual Latin words for “default” are dēfectiō, dēficiō, dēsum. 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.