English → Latin
“sham” in Latin
simulātiōfeigning, shamming, pretence, feint; insincerity, deceit, hypocrisy; simulationdissimulātiōa dissembling, concealing, disguising, dissimulationfallāxdeceptive, deceitful; fallacious, spuriouspraestīgiadeception, illusion, trick; act of legerdemain, sleight of hand, magic trickfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint; to mistake, be mistaken, deceive oneself; to escape the simulōto make like, simulate, imitate, copy, represent; to feign, pretend; to behave or act (as if, as though)fūcōto colour, paint, dye; to embellish, dissemble, falsifyfūcōsuspainted, coloured, beautified; fake, counterfeit, spuriousadulterīnusadulterous, unchaste; not genuine, false, counterfeit, impuresubdōto put, place, set or lay under; set to or apply under; to bring under, subject, subdue; expose; to bring on, furnish, s
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sham s.
simulatio (the proper word, a pretending that a thing is, which really is not): dissimulatio (is a pretending that a thing is, which really is not; concealment of truth or fact): fallacia (trickery): praestigiae (sleight of hand).
sham adj.
falsus (general term): simulatus: fucatus: fucosus: adulterinus: subditus, suppositus: fallax: alienus. [SYN. in FALSE] A sham fight, decursio: decursus: decursio campestris or campi: decursus ludicrus (the two former, general term; the latter as an exercise or for amusement; decursio always denoting the action, decursus the state): simulacrum ludicrum; simulacrum proelii voluptarium; certamen ludicrum; imago pugnae (as a contest between troops for exercise and amusement, after Liv., 26, 51, in.; 40, 6, and 9; Gell., 7, 3, p. 273, Bip.): meditatio campestris (as a preparation for a battle, Plin., Paneg. 13, 1). A naval sham fight, simulacrum navalis pugnae: to appoint a sham fight, militibus decursionem or certamen ludicrum indicere (Vid: Suet., Ner., 7). To enter upon a sham fight, milites in decursionem or in certamen ludicrum educere (to march out troops to a sham fight, after Veg., Mil., 2, 22): certamen ludicrum committere.
sham v.
simulare: fingere: mentiri. Vid: FEIGN.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sham?
- The usual Latin words for “sham” are simulātiō, dissimulātiō, fallāx; also praestīgia, fallō, simulō. 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.