English → Latin
“humbug” in Latin
gerraewattled twigs; trifles, nonsenselīroetrifles, bagatellesineptusunsuitable; impertinent, improper, tasteless; senseless, sillyloquorto say, speak, tell, talk, utter; to declare, speak, or state more formally as in a legal context or in defense of someomendāciumA lie, untruth, falsehood, fiction.; An illusion, counterfeit.frauscheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles; delusion, error; injury, hurt, harmfallāciadeception, deceitcircumveniōto surround; to beset, oppress, distress, overthrow; to circumvent, deceive, cheat, tricksatisadequate, enough, plenty, satisfactory, sufficient; filled, satisfied
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
humbug s.
gerrae (a worthless, despicable thing; Vid: next quotation): liroe (= λῆροι, Plaut.; mere or gross humbug, gerrae germanae; e.g., tuae blanditiae mihi sunt quod dici solet... gerrae germanae, atque aedepol liroe, liroe, Plaut.). Sometimes inepta, plur. adjective (folly; e.g., loqui): mendacia, -orum (lies): fraudes: fallaciae (deceitful tricks).
humbug v.
ludere aliquem jocose (satis, Cic.): imponere alicui: circumvenire or (comedy) circumducere aliquem: alicui fucum facere: fraudem or fallaciam alicui facere: onerare aliquem mendaciis. He has humbugged him, verba illi dedit. SYN. in DECEIVE: Vid :, also, HOAX.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for humbug?
- The usual Latin words for “humbug” are gerrae, līroe, ineptus; also loquor, mendācium, fraus. 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.