subterfugio

Latin

Etymology

From subter (“under”) +‎ fugio (“I flee”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sub.terˈfu.ɡi.oː/, [s̠ʊpt̪ɛrˈfʊɡioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sub.terˈfu.d͡ʒi.o/, [subt̪erˈfuːd͡ʒio]

Verb

subterfugiō (present infinitive subterfugere, perfect active subterfūgī); third conjugation iō-variant, no passive, no supine stem

1. to flee secretly or by stealth
2. to escape, to shun, to evade, to avoid

   Subterfugio poenam.

   I avoid punishment.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of subterfugiō (third conjugation iō-variant, no supine stem, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	subterfugiō	subterfugis	subterfugit	subterfugimus	subterfugitis	subterfugiunt
	imperfect	subterfugiēbam	subterfugiēbās	subterfugiēbat	subterfugiēbāmus	subterfugiēbātis	subterfugiēbant
	future	subterfugiam	subterfugiēs	subterfugiet	subterfugiēmus	subterfugiētis	subterfugient
	perfect	subterfūgī	subterfūgistī	subterfūgit	subterfūgimus	subterfūgistis	subterfūgērunt, subterfūgēre
	pluperfect	subterfūgeram	subterfūgerās	subterfūgerat	subterfūgerāmus	subterfūgerātis	subterfūgerant
	future perfect	subterfūgerō	subterfūgeris	subterfūgerit	subterfūgerimus	subterfūgeritis	subterfūgerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	subterfugiam	subterfugiās	subterfugiat	subterfugiāmus	subterfugiātis	subterfugiant
	imperfect	subterfugerem	subterfugerēs	subterfugeret	subterfugerēmus	subterfugerētis	subterfugerent
	perfect	subterfūgerim	subterfūgerīs	subterfūgerit	subterfūgerīmus	subterfūgerītis	subterfūgerint
	pluperfect	subterfūgissem	subterfūgissēs	subterfūgisset	subterfūgissēmus	subterfūgissētis	subterfūgissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	subterfuge	—	—	subterfugite	—
	future	—	subterfugitō	subterfugitō	—	subterfugitōte	subterfugiuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		subterfugere	subterfūgisse	—	—	—	—
participles		subterfugiēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		subterfugiendī	subterfugiendō	subterfugiendum	subterfugiendō	—	—

References

• “subterfugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “subterfugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• subterfugio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to try to avoid military service: militiam detrectare, subterfugere
    

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugiō (“to flee secretly”), from subter (“under”) and fugio (“to flee”).

Noun

subterfugio m (plural subterfugios)

1. subterfuge

Further reading

• “subterfugio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10