English → Latin
“lapse” in Latin
lāborto slip, slide, glide; (of fluids) to flow gently; to fall, sink down; to slip, stumblecāsusa fall, downwards movement; accident, chance; an event, happening, occurrenceabeōto depart, go away, go off, exit; to change one's nature; synonym of eōtrānseōto traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by; to defect, go over (to an adverse sidpraetereōto pass by or go by; to surpass or excel; to disregard, neglect, omit or misscadūcusThat falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, tottering, drooping.; That easily falls, inclined to fall; Devoted to dea
The English word lapse itself goes back to Latin lābor, through lāpsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lapse s.
lapsus (PROP. and figuratively); casus (PROP.).
Of time, temporis decursus, Cic.
In law, *devolutio (technical term).
lapse v.
labi.
Of time, abire: transire: praeterire: ☞ not praeterlabi.
In law, redire ad aliquem obvenire alicui; alicui cedere. Lapsed, caducus (technical term).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lapse?
- The usual Latin words for “lapse” are lābor, cāsus, abeō; also trānseō, praetereō, cadūcus. 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.