English → Latin
“mystery” in Latin
mystēriummystery (secret rite or worship); secretarcānushidden, secret, private, mysterious; intimate, personal, confidential; trustworthy (to keep a secret)occulōto cover, hide, concealrecondōto put away, stow away, hoard; to hide or concealsēcernōto put apart, sunder, sever, separate, divide; to disjoin, part, dissociate, separate; to distinguish, discernsilenduswhich is to be kept silent about
The English word mystery itself goes back to Latin mystērium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mystery
mysterium; arcanum; occultum; res occulta, recondita; secretum: (plur.) mysteries, mysteria, mysterorum, neuter (μυστήρια, the celebrated Grecian mysteries; ☞ never figuratively, for secrets, general term): silenda, silendorum, neuter (of a secret society, as the Free-masons; Vid: Liv., 39, 10, 5): To initiate into mysteries, mysteriis initiare: to celebrate mysteries, mysteria facere: that is a mystery to me (I do not understand it), haec non intelligo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mystery?
- The usual Latin words for “mystery” are mystērium, arcānus, occulō; also recondō, sēcernō, silendus. 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.