English → Latin
“secretary” in Latin
scrībawriter, scribe, secretary, clerksēcrētāriusa privy councillor; a confidential clerk, scribe, or secretary; an officer charged with forestry duties, a forest officiarmāriuma cupboard, closet, chest, especially one in the sacristy of a church where vestments are kept; a safe for food, clothinisthis or that man, woman or thing; he, she, it, they (previously introduced); this or that [man, woman or thing] (as a norēxking, ruler; despot, tyrant (during the time of the Republic when there were no kings and executive power was usually di
The English word secretary itself goes back to Latin cernō, through secrētus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
secretary
scriba: qui est alicui a manu or ab epistolis [Vid: SCRIBE]: *secretarius (as modern technical term). A prince’s private secretary, quem princeps ad manum habet scribae loco (Vid: Nep., Eum., 1, 5); scriba principis or regis (Plin., 12, 14, 32).
A sort of cabinet, armarium
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for secretary?
- The usual Latin words for “secretary” are scrība, sēcrētārius, armārium; also is, rēx. 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.