secretum

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

sēcrētum ī, n

P. n. of secerno, a hidden thing, mystery, secret : aperto maris sui secreto, Ta.: litterarum secreta ignorant, Ta.: sua ne secreta viderent, mysteries , O.: illud, quod solā reverentiā vident, that mysterious being , Ta.— A hidden place, hiding-place, retirement, solitude, retreat : secreto suo satiatus, Ta.: Seductus in secretum est, Ph.: in secreto tempus terere, in solitude , L.: se a volgo in secreta removere, H.: horrendae procul secreta Sibyllae petit, V.