English → Latin
“elusion” in Latin
fugaflight, fleeing, escape; avoidance; exileeffugiuman escape, flight; a means or way of escapearsart, skill, craft, handicraft; trade, occupation, employment; cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagemdolorpain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow; indignation, resentment, anger, fury, vengeance
The English word elusion itself goes back to Latin lūdō, through ēlūsiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
elusion
fuga: effugium; declinatio alicujus rei.
Artifice, ars: artiricium; dolus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for elusion?
- The usual Latin words for “elusion” are fuga, effugium, ars; also dolor. 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.