English → Latin
“covert” in Latin
tegōto cover; to clothe; to conceal, hide, protectperfugiumrefuge, shelter; asylum (political)receptāculumA place to keep things in; reservoir, receptacle, repository, container.; A place of refuge, lurking-place, shelter, retportusharbor, port; haven, refuge, asylum, retreat; warehouselustrumbog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow; den or lair of wild beasts; wood, forest; (a place of) debaucherylatibulumhiding place, refuge; den (of animals)cubīlebed; marriage bed; couchtūtussafe, prudent; secure; protectedclandestīnusclandestine, secret, concealed
The English word covert itself goes back to Latin operiō, through coopertus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
covert
tectum (place covered over against wind and weather): perfugium (shelter; as place of refuge): receptaculum (the place which affords shelter, and thus secures against persecution): portus (PROP., port; figuratively, a safe shelter). (The words are found in this connection and order), portus et perfugium: to conceal one’s self in a covert, latebra se occultare: to frighten anybody out of his covert, aliquem excitare latibulo. To be under covert, tutum or munitum esse: to put one’s self under covert, in tuto collocare: to put one’s self under covert against dangers, corpus tutum reddere adversus pericula.
A thicket, locus crebris condensus arboribus (after Hirt., B. Afr., 50): locus teneris arboribus et crebris rubis sentibusque obsitus (after Caes. B.G., 2, 17).
For beasts, lustrum (lair of wild-beasts): latibulum (lurking-place, the haunt of a wild beast): cubile (PROP., a couch for men; then, also, of animals).
covert
Sheltered: to be formed by the past participle of the corresponding verbs in To COVER.
Secret, clandestine, Vid:
Covert-way (in fortification), tectus cuniculus, or (as technical term) *via caeca, quae dicitur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for covert?
- The usual Latin words for “covert” are tegō, perfugium, receptāculum; also portus, lustrum, latibulum. 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.