English → Latin
“secrete” in Latin
sēcernōto put apart, sunder, sever, separate, divide; to disjoin, part, dissociate, separate; to distinguish, discernsēparōto divide, separate; to distinguishdēlitēscōto hide, or go into hiding; to withdraw; to take refuge
The English word secrete itself goes back to Latin cernō, through sēcrētus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
secrete
To hide, abdere aliquid in locum or in loco; occultare aliquid loco or in loco (very seldom in locum; Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 7, 85, extr.). To see anything under anything, abdere aliquid sub aliqua re or intra aliquid (e.g., a knife, a sword under one’s robe, cultrum sub veste, ferrum intra vestem). To secrete one’s self, delitescere, se abdere in occultum (to secrete one’s self in a lurking-place). To secrete one’s self in any place, delitescere in aliquo loco or in loco; se abdere in locum; se occultare loco or in loco. To secrete one’s self from anybody, se occultare alicui or a conspectu alicujus: to keep one’s self secreted, abditum latere; in occultum se continere; abditum et inclusum in occulto latere: to be secrete, latere.
To separate, secernere, separare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for secrete?
- The usual Latin words for “secrete” are sēcernō, sēparō, dēlitēscō. 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.