English → Latin
“armor” in Latin
armōto furnish with weapons, arm, equip; fit out; mobilize; to excite, stir up, rouse, provoke; to arm, equip, furnisharmaarms, weapons of war, weaponry, instruments (implements of warfare); military action, war (arms as instruments of policynōnnotcataphractuswearing armor, mailedlōrīcaA coat of mail; A breastplatethōrā̆xchest, thorax; breastplate, cuirass; doublet, stomacher
The English word armor itself goes back to Latin arma, through armātūra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
armor
armatus, us (= manner of being armed: only in the ablative: dispari armatu; Cretico armatu): arma, orum, n. (general term for arms): cataphracta (iron or brass scale-armor, for men or horses, etc.): lorica (leathern jerkin): thorax (iron breast-plate, cuirass). (The words are found in this connection and order), loricae thoracesque. To put on one’s armor, lorica, thorace. cataphracta (according to meaning) se tegere or induere. To strip the bodies of their armor, arma corporibus detrahere (Liv.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for armor?
- The usual Latin words for “armor” are armō, arma, nōn; also cataphractus, lōrīca, thōrā̆x. 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.