What is the Latin word for maze?

The usual Latin words for “maze” are labyrinthus, errō, turba; also Catullus, perturbō, cōnfundō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“maze” in Latin

labyrinthusa building with many winding passages, a labyrinth; especially that built by Daedalus, near Knossos, Crete; a maze, tang errōto wander, rove, stray, roam; to get lost, go astray; to err, wander from the truth, to mistake turbaturmoil, disorder, stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, hubbub, commotion, trouble, confusion, disarray, brawl; mob, crowd Catullusa cognomen; a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetry perturbōto confuse; to disturb or perturb, trouble or alarm cōnfundōto pour, mingle, stir up; to diffuse, suffuse, spread over; to unite, mix together, join, combine, mingle

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

maze s.

PROP., a labyrinth, labyrinthus; figuratively, hortus labyrintheus (Catullus, Sidon.); via inexplicabilis (Liv., 40, 33); itinerum ambages occursusque ac recursus inexplicabiles (Plin., 36, 13, 19).

Figuratively, perplexity, (mentis) error (Cic.); mens commota (Plin.).

Figuratively, confusion; res inextricablies (Cic.); turbae (Plin.).

maze v.

perturbare, confundere, aliquem.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for maze?: The usual Latin words for “maze” are labyrinthus, errō, turba; also Catullus, perturbō, cōnfundō. 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.