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As new terminology enters the public lexicon how would some of these be expressed in Latin?

Self-Isolation: from segrego with a reflexive pronoun: "se segregat" = "he isolates himself.

The reflexive pronoun can be strengthened with an intensifier, a part of "ipse" = "self";

"me (ipsum) segrego" = "I isolate myself".

A perfect participle passive: "segregatus" = "(having been) isolated"

Alternatively, from "exsilium" = "exile", the diminutive: "exiliunculus" = "little exile"; "little", because unlike a real exile, the "victim"/ patient is confined in his own home.

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE): with delightful simplicity the Romans might well have used "armatura" (feminine noun) = armour, as a similie: "This functions as armour, (haec agit quasi armaturam) against the pestilence." Alternatively, adjective "armatus" = armed; equipped; fortified (contra morbum). Also "arma" (neuter plural noun): armour; shields; equipment (military) [Pock. Ox. Lat. Dict.].

Garden Conversation: friends and relatives may now speak at measured distance: one at the front door; other, at garden gate;

using "colloquium" (neuter noun): "colloquium veride" = "a green conversation";

or, "sermo" (masculine noun): "sermo herbidus" = "a grassy conversation".

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  • Where does the term "Garden Conversation" come from? I have not heard the term before.
    – Nickimite
    Apr 5, 2020 at 0:46
  • @Nickimite: First heard this last Tuesday. Had to ask this friend what she meant. It's one of the newest of the new. We're on the cutting edge of the evolution of English.
    – tony
    Apr 5, 2020 at 7:49
  • Perhaps something more established in the direction of "Garden Conversation" could be derived from the story of Pyramus and Thisbe?
    – Hagen von Eitzen
    Apr 5, 2020 at 12:35
  • @Hagen von Eitzen: Yes, if people speak to each other through a wall, it would keep both parties safe from the pestilence.
    – tony
    Apr 6, 2020 at 8:41

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How about the adjective hortensis or hortensius for "garden", or the phrase per hortum to emphasize that the garden serves as a separation, rather than a surrounding? So, e.g. colloquium hortense or sermo per hortum?

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