English → Latin
“privacy” in Latin
sōlitūdōAn instance of being alone; loneliness, solitariness, solitude, privacy; A lonely place; desert, wilderness; A state of sēcēdōto withdraw, to secede, to separate oneself, to shut oneself off, to seek distance; to retire; to dissentcōnscientiaknowledge shared with others, being in the know or privy to, joint knowledge; complicity; knowledge within oneself, conssciōto be able to, to know (how to do), understand, to have practical knowledge; to have had sex with, have ever slept withnōtitiafame, renown, celebrity; knowledge; acquaintance
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
privacy
solitudo (loneliness): secessus (retired residence): to live in privacy, in secessu vivere; procul coetu hominum vivere; tempus solum in secreto degere.
Joint knowledge, consciousness, conscientia (alicujus rei, joint knowledge): scientia or notitia (alicujus rei, knowledge): without my privacy, me inscio, me insciente, me nesciente: not without my privacy, me conscio, me sciente.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for privacy?
- The usual Latin words for “privacy” are sōlitūdō, sēcēdō, cōnscientia; also sciō, nōtitia. 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.