English → Latin
“incognito” in Latin
incognitusunknown; untried, untestedignōrōto not know; to be unacquainted with; to be ignorant of; to ignore, disregardferōto bear; to carry; to support, hold up; to suffer, tolerate, endure, bear
The English word incognito itself goes back to Latin cognōscō, through incognitus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
incognito adj.
incognitus: ignoratus (without being known; e.g., servili habitu, per tenebras ignoratus evasit; Tac., Hist., 4, 36). To travel incognito, omnibus ignotus proficiscor (after Nep., Them., 8, 6, omnibus ignotus navem ascendit); sub alieno nomine proficiscor (after Suet., Oct., 55): to come any where incognito, ignotus aliquo venio: to try to remain incognito, dissimulare nomen (after Ov., Trist. 4, 9, 32): to lay aside one’s incognito, palam jam, quis sim, fero; quis sim, detego; memet ipse aperio, quis sim: alicui, quis sim, aperio (if it is laid aside in favor of one individual).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for incognito?
- The usual Latin words for “incognito” are incognitus, ignōrō, ferō. 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.