How do you say this in Latin?

Question

Hi everyone, I'm writing a book, and I need to know how one would say, "Secret order", in Latin. I found the two words in Latin but I need to know how I would put the two words together in an appropriate way.

I need, too, a person who can understand Latin and help me translate certain sentences to Latin; which will be a great help.

Answer 1

You have several possibilities: ordo secretus, ordo tacitus, ordo abditus, ordo absconditus

To find the meaning you like best you can check at http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wordes.exe?secret

I myself like "tacitus" best. It also means "disinclined to speak"

Answer 2

It depends on context - I can see at a couple of ways 'secret order' could be used. If you mean 'order' as a group like the Order of the Garter, then 'ordo' is fine. But if you mean 'order ' as a command like a general giving an order to a major, it would be 'jussum' or 'mandatum'. The same adjectives would fit, slighly changed to fit the nouns - 'jussum secretum' or 'mandatum tacitum' for example.

There are other types of orders (order of battle, money order, order in architecture, etc, but it didn't seem like 'secret' would be used with any of those.

Answer 3

Ordo secretus (adjectives usually follow nouns).