English → Latin
“cabinet” in Latin
conclāveroom, chamber; enclosed space that can be locked; dining hallzōthēcaa private room, chamber, or closet; a recess, nichesānctuāriumprince's lockbox; shrine, sanctuary; relics of a saint; a case for such relicsthēsaurustreasure, hoard; a dear friend, loved one; a vault for treasurehorreumstorehouse; barn, granaryMĕtona celebrated Athenian astronomer, who discovered the cycle of nineteen years, at the end of which the new and full moons
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cabinet
a private room, conclave: cubiculum minus (a small room adjoining a large one): zotheca (a small room belonging to the principal one, for reposing, studying): cubiculum secrctius (a private room: e.g., of a prince): sanctuarium or consistorium principis (cabinet of a prince, Plin., 23. 8, 77; Ammian., 25, 10).
METON. for government [Vid. ADMINISTRATION, and “cabinet minister,” below]: to hold a cabinet council, secreta consilia agitare: to peep into the cabinet, principum secreta rimari (Tac., Ann., 6, 33): equally great in the field and in the cabinet, rei militaris peritus, neque minus civitatis regundae; fortis ac strenuus, pace belloque bonus: a cabinet minister, comes consistorianus (in the time of the emperors): or by circumlocution, princeps amicorum regis, quocum secreta consilia agitare solet (Liv., 35, 15); amicus regis omnium consiliorum particeps; amicus regis, qui in consilio semper adest et omnium rerum habetur particeps (after Nep.., Eum., 1, 5, and 6): cabinet counselor, qui principi est a consiliis interioribus (after Nep.., Hann., 2, 2); consilia interiora or domestica (the assembly): cabinet secretary, quern princeps ad manum habet scribae loco (Vid: Nep.., Eum., 1, 5): also scriba principis: cabinet seal, signum principis (after Suet., Oct., 94, p. med.).
A repository for valuables or cariosities, thesaurus; horreum: for coins, numotheca: a cabinet for china, collectio Sinensi artificio factorum oporum; copia operum Sinensis artis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cabinet?
- The usual Latin words for “cabinet” are conclāve, zōthēca, sānctuārium; also thēsaurus, horreum, Mĕton. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.