English → Latin
“entrap” in Latin
irrētiōto entangle, ensnaredēvinciōto bind fast, tie up; to subjugate; to oblige, constrainincidōto fall or drop; to fall upon, meet, come upon (by chance), happen on, fall in with; to fall upon, attack, assault
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
entrap
irretire: laqueis irretire, with anything, aliqua re or laqueis alicujus rei: aliquem capere or devincire: to have entrapped anybody, aliquem irretitum tenere: to be entrapped, in laqueos se induere; in laqueos cadeie or incidere (fall into a trap, PROP. and figuratively). To try to entrap anybody, laqueos ponere or disponere alicui (PROP. and figuratively); insidias alicui facere or parare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for entrap?
- The usual Latin words for “entrap” are irrētiō, dēvinciō, incidō. 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.