English → Latin
“evasion” in Latin
latebrahiding place, retreat, lair; place of refuge from war; hidden recessdēverticulumA byroad, bypath, side-way; tributary.; A deviation, digression.; A place for travellers to put up; an inn, lodging.excūsātiōexcusespeciōsusgood-looking, handsome, beautiful; splendid, brilliant; showy, specioustergiversorto seek an evasion, to tergiversate
The English word evasion itself goes back to Latin vadō, through evasionem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
evasion
latebra (only in sing.; a hiding-place = a pretext): deverticulum: deverticulum ac flexio (an evasion, as opposed to to a straight-forward course, Cic., Pis., 22, 53, but not in this sense): excusatio (an excuse): causa simulata or speciosa (an apparent or specious reason). To make or seek evasions, deverticula, deverticula flexionesque quaerere; tergiversari (to twist and turn one’s self about, to endeavor to keep aloof from a point): to find some evasion, rimam aliquam reperire (proverb, Plaut., Curc., 4, 2, 24): to have some evasion ready, latebram habere: he answered by an evasion, alio responsionem suam derivavit: to have recourse to a strange attempt at evasion, se mirificam in latebram conjicere (Cic., De Div., 2, 20, 46): without evasion, directe or directo (without wandering from the point).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for evasion?
- The usual Latin words for “evasion” are latebra, dēverticulum, excūsātiō; also speciōsus, tergiversor. 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.