English → Latin
“escape” in Latin
ēvādōto exit, leave, come out; to become, result, appear, succeed, end up, turn out (as), result in; to pass over or fleeēlāborto slip or glide away; to escape; to elapsesubterfugiōto flee secretly or by stealth; to escape, to shun, to evade, to avoideffugiōto flee from, escape; to avoid, evadefugiōto flee, fly, take flight, escape, depart, run, run away, recede; to speed, hasten, pass quickly; to avoid, shun, be avedēfugiōto flee, escape; to shun, avoiddēclīnōto bend, deviate, turn aside/away, deflect; to inflect, decline; to avoidvītōto avoid, evade; to shuncustōdiaprotection, safekeeping; custody, guardianship; prisonerpoenapenalty, punishment; hardship, torment; execution
The English word escape itself goes back to Latin capitulāre, through *excappāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
escape
evadere: elabi (slip away; e.g., ex proelio; e manibus alicujus; custodiae, Tac.): subterfugere (escape by some shift; poenam, periculum, Cic.): effugere (fly away): expedire se (to set one’s self free, ab or ex aliqua re; seldom aliqua re): from (= out of) anything, effugere ex (de, ab) aliqua re: from anything (= avoid by flight), effugere aliquid (not alicui rei): from a crowd, expedire se ex turba (Terentianus): from all occupation, expedire se ab omni occupatione (Cic.): from a person, effugere aliquem, or de alicujus manibus; alicui or e (de) alicujus manibus elabi; alicujus manibus evadere: from the city, ex urbe elabi; oppido evadere: from a wreck by swimming, e naufragio enatare (Vitr., 6, pref. 1); also, in terram evadere (Liv.): from a danger, periculo evadere.
Avoid, fugere: defugere: declinare: vitare. SYN. in AVOID.
escape s.
fuga: effugium: aberratio (e.g., a dolore, molestiis, Cic.). To make one’s escape from prison, custodiae or vinculis elabi: from the city, urbe elabi. To make one’s escape by flight, fuga se subtrahere (secretly); ex fuga evadere; fuga se eripere. To assist a man’s escape, by giving him money, alicujus fugam pecunia sublevare: to have no other escape from, aliam aberrationem ab aliqua re nullam habere (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for escape?
- The usual Latin words for “escape” are ēvādō, ēlābor, subterfugiō; also effugiō, fugiō, dēfugiō. 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.