Latin

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

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “subterfugio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to try to avoid military service: militiam detrectare, subterfugere
    

Spanish

Noun

subterfugio m ‎(plural subterfugios)

1. subterfuge