English → Latin
“secretion” in Latin
ūmorliquid, fluid, humour; moistureexcremōto burnstercusdung, excrement, ordureexcrēmentumrefuse, rubbish; bodily excrementalvusbelly, bowels, paunch; excrement; flux, diarrhoea; stomach, digestive organs; womb; matrix (of a fruit)liquidusliquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent, limpid; without interruption, smooth, fluid, flowingpalliduspale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale condition; musty, moldy, hoary
The English word secretion itself goes back to Latin cernō, through sēcrētiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
secretion
Act of secreting, by the verbs.
That which is secreted in the body, humor: if = excrement, stercus (of man and beast): excrementa, plur. (post-Augustan); also, alvus (e.g., liquida, pallida).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for secretion?
- The usual Latin words for “secretion” are ūmor, excremō, stercus; also excrēmentum, alvus, liquidus. 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.