English → Latin
“wile” in Latin
arsart, skill, craft, handicraft; trade, occupation, employment; cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagemartificiumart, craft, skill, talent, artifice, craftsmanship; profession, trade, an employmentdolorpain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow; indignation, resentment, anger, fury, vengeancetechnaA piece of craft or subtlety; wile, trick, artifice, cunning device
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wile
ars: artificium (only in comedy; also, techna); dolus. Vid: ART.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wile?
- The usual Latin words for “wile” are ars, artificium, dolor; also techna. 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.