subterfugio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sup.terˈfu.ɡi.oː/, [sʊp.tɛrˈfʊ.ɡi.oː]

Verb

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

  1. I flee secretly or by stealth
  2. I escape, I shun, I evade, I avoid
    Subterfugio poenam.
    I avoid punishment.

Inflection
   Conjugation of subterfugio (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present subterfugiō subterfugiis subterfugiit subterfugiimus subterfugiitis subterfugiunt
imperfect subterfugiēbam subterfugiēbās subterfugiēbat subterfugiēbāmus subterfugiēbātis subterfugiēbant
future subterfugiam subterfugiēs subterfugiet subterfugiēmus subterfugiētis subterfugient
perfect subterfugī subterfugistī subterfugit subterfugimus subterfugistis subterfugērunt, subterfugēre
pluperfect subterfugeram subterfugerās subterfugerat subterfugerāmus subterfugerātis subterfugerant
future perfect subterfugerō subterfugeris subterfugerit subterfugerimus subterfugeritis subterfugerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present subterfugiam subterfugiās subterfugiat subterfugiāmus subterfugiātis subterfugiant
imperfect subterfugierem subterfugierēs subterfugieret subterfugierēmus subterfugierētis subterfugierent
perfect subterfugerim subterfugerīs subterfugerit subterfugerimus subterfugeritis subterfugerint
pluperfect subterfugissem subterfugissēs subterfugisset subterfugissēmus subterfugissētis subterfugissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — subterfugie — — subterfugiite —
future — subterfugiitō subterfugiitō — subterfugiitōte subterfugiuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives subterfugiere subterfugisse — — — —
participles subterfugiēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
subterfugiere subterfugiendī subterfugiendō subterfugiendum — —

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 subterfugio (“I flee secretly”), from subter (“under”) and fugio (“I flee”).

Noun

subterfugio m (plural subterfugios)

  1. subterfuge
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