subterfuge
subterfuge
subs.
P. and V. στροφή, ἡ ; see trick.
subs.
P. and V. στροφή, ἡ ; see trick.
SUBTERFUGE
latebra (qu. a hiding-place a pretext): deverticulum: deverticulum ac flexio (an evasion): excusatio (an excuse): causa simulata or speciosa (an alleged specious reason). To seek a subterfuge deverticula or deverticula flexionesque quaerere; tergiversari (to twist and turn one’s self in every direction in order to escape anything): to find a subterfuge rimam aliquam reperire (proverbially Plaut. Curc. 4 2 24): to have a subterfuge latebram habere: he answered by a subterfuge alio responsionem suam derivavit: without subterfuge directe or directo (in a straightforward manner).
latebra (qu. a hiding-place a pretext): deverticulum: deverticulum ac flexio (an evasion): excusatio (an excuse): causa simulata or speciosa (an alleged specious reason). To seek a subterfuge deverticula or deverticula flexionesque quaerere; tergiversari (to twist and turn one’s self in every direction in order to escape anything): to find a subterfuge rimam aliquam reperire (proverbially Plaut. Curc. 4 2 24): to have a subterfuge latebram habere: he answered by a subterfuge alio responsionem suam derivavit: without subterfuge directe or directo (in a straightforward manner).
subterfuge:
1. lătebra: to have a s., l. habere, Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 107: let them see that he find not a s. by perjury, videant ne quaeratur l. perjurio, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 106.
2. dēvertĭcŭlum: that no s.s be offered to misdeeds, ne d. peccatis darentur, Cic. Part. 39, 136.
3. tergĭversātio: Cic. Mil. 20, 54.
4. perfŭgium: Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9. Phr.: he evaded the question by a s., alio responsionem suam derivavit, Cic. Verr. 1, 53, 139: to find a s., aliquam reperire rimam, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 24. Without s., simplĭcĭter: candĭdē: v.STRAIGHTFORWARD .
1. lătebra: to have a s., l. habere, Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 107: let them see that he find not a s. by perjury, videant ne quaeratur l. perjurio, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 106.
2. dēvertĭcŭlum: that no s.s be offered to misdeeds, ne d. peccatis darentur, Cic. Part. 39, 136.
3. tergĭversātio: Cic. Mil. 20, 54.
4. perfŭgium: Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9. Phr.: he evaded the question by a s., alio responsionem suam derivavit, Cic. Verr. 1, 53, 139: to find a s., aliquam reperire rimam, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 24. Without s., simplĭcĭter: candĭdē: v.