subterfugio

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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, 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

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