English → Latin
“recourse” in Latin
perfugiumrefuge, shelter; asylum (political)fugiōto flee, fly, take flight, escape, depart, run, run away, recede; to speed, hasten, pass quickly; to avoid, shun, be avecōnfugiōto flee; to take refuge; to have recourse toperfugiōto flee or desert; to take refugerefugiōto run away, flee or escape; to avoid, shun a thing
The English word recourse itself goes back to Latin currō, through recursus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
recourse
perfugium. To have recourse to = fly to, fugere, confugere, perfugere, refugere, ad or in locum; se recipere aliquo (to retreat to): a person or thing, perfugere, confugere, refugere ad aliquem or aliquid; alicujus rei perfugio uti: = apply to, se conferre ad aliquid, animum ad aliquid attendere, adjicere, applicare; cogitationes ad aliquid dirigere, ad or in aliquid intendere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for recourse?
- The usual Latin words for “recourse” are perfugium, fugiō, cōnfugiō; also perfugiō, refugiō. 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.