English → Latin
“sect” in Latin
secōto cut, cut off; to cleave, divide; to operate, amputate, perform surgeryscholaLeisure time given to learning; schooltime, classtime.; A school; a place for learning or instruction.; A student body; familiaa household (all persons subject to the control of one man (whether relations, freedmen or slaves)); the slaves of a houdisciplīnateaching, instruction, education; training; learning, knowledge, discipline, science, studysequorto follow, to come or go after, to pursue; to accede or conform to, follow, comply with; to attend, accompany
The English word sect itself goes back to Latin secō, through secta.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sect
secta (the disciples of a philosopher): schola a school founded by a philosopher): familia (an independent society): disciplina (a society, with reference to its tenets and principles). To belong to a sect, sequi or persequi sectam; profited sectam (to profess one’s attachment to a sect): to be attached to a philosophical sect, sequi philosophiam; esse ab aliqua disciplina: to go over to a sect, ad sectam transire: to found a sect, novam sectam instituere; sectam condere: to incline to the sect of (the Stoics), auctoritatem (Stoicae) sectae praeferre
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sect?
- The usual Latin words for “sect” are secō, schola, familia; also disciplīna, sequor. 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.