subterfugio

== Latin == === Etymology === From subter- (“under”) + fugiō (“to flee”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊp.tɛrˈfʊ.ɡi.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sub.terˈfuː.d͡ʒi.o] === Verb === subterfugiō (present infinitive subterfugere, perfect active subterfūgī); third (-iō variant) conjugation, no passive, no supine stem to flee secretly or by stealth to escape, to shun, to evade, to avoid ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === 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. == 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) subterfuge === Further reading === “subterfugio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025