English → Latin
“surreptitious” in Latin
fūrtīvusstolen; secret; furtive, clandestine; hidden, concealedclandestīnusclandestine, secret, concealedocculōto cover, hide, concealsurreptīciusstolen, clandestinefraudulentusdeceitful, fraudulent; dishonest, false
The English word surreptitious itself goes back to Latin rēpō, through surrēptīcius.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
surreptitious
Done by stealth, furtivus: clandestinus: occultus: surrepticius (Plaut.).
Fraudulent, fraudulentus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for surreptitious?
- The usual Latin words for “surreptitious” are fūrtīvus, clandestīnus, occulō; also surreptīcius, fraudulentus. 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.