English → Latin
“fugitive” in Latin
fugāxswift; flying swiftly; fleeting, transitoryflū̆xusa flowing, flow, flux; emission (of semen)cadūcusThat falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, tottering, drooping.; That easily falls, inclined to fall; Devoted to deavolucerwinged; flying; able to flyīnstabilisunsteady, unstable, shaky; inconstant, changeable, ficklevaguswandering, rambling, strolling, roving, roaming, unfixed, unsettled, vagrant; wandering, wavering, unsteady, inconstant,volūbilisturning, spinning, whirling, rolling, revolving (that turns itself around); rapid, fluent, voluble; changeable, mutablemōbilismovable, loose; pliant, flexible; fickle, inconstantincōnstānschangeable; inconstant; inconsistent; fickle; capriciouslevislight, not heavy; easy to digest; quick, swift, fleet, nimble, rapid
The English word fugitive itself goes back to Latin fugiō, through fugitīvus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fugitive adj.
fugax (that passes by quickly): fluxus: caducus (transitory, passing by): volucer (fleeting; not remaining or lasting; e.g., fortuna, spes, cogitatio): instabilis (that is not stable, of no continuance): vagus (roving; hence figuratively = inconstant): volubilis (that will change or turn): mobilis (that is easily turned or moved): inconstans (inconstant): levis (flowing, slippery).
fugitive s.
profugus (the unfortunate man who is obliged to forsake his home, and, like a banished man, wanders in the wide world, like φυγάς); mostly domo or patria profugus: fugitivus (theguilty person who flees from his duty, his post, his prison, his master, like δραπέτης): extorris (the banished person, as wandering about without any country of his own).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fugitive?
- The usual Latin words for “fugitive” are fugāx, flū̆xus, cadūcus; also volucer, īnstabilis, vagus. 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.