English → Latin
“mischance” in Latin
īnfortūniummisfortune, calamity; troublecāsusa fall, downwards movement; accident, chance; an event, happening, occurrence
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mischance
casus adversus, or simply casus; infortunium. I have met with a mischance, adversi aliquid mihi evenit (Cic.); malum mihi objicitur (Terentianus). If any mischance should occur, si quid gravius or durius accident (Caes..); si quid accident (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mischance?
- The usual Latin words for “mischance” are īnfortūnium, cāsus. 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.