English → Latin
“bag” in Latin
saccusa sack, bag; a garment of sackcloth or hairclothcūleussack, bag, especially a large leather sack used for bulk transport; culeus, the sack, a punishment for parricides involvfollisbellows; purse, sack, money bag; a small value coinmarsūpiumpouch, pursecrumēnapurse around the neck for carrying money; the money itselfzōnabelt, girdle; zonesacculusa small bag or sack; a purse, scrip, satchel, sachet; a little wine sacksaccellusA small bag.tumēscōto begin to swell, become distended or inflated, swell up; to become excited or violent, ready to burst forthintumēscōto become swollen; to rise
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bag
saccus; culeus (a larger bag of leather, for sewing parricides in, and for various purposes): follis (a leathern bag for money, or leathern purse): marsupium (a money-bag): crumena (a small moneybag or purse; according to Plaut., Asin., 3, 3, 67, and True, 3, 1, 7, worn about the neck): zona (a small bag or purse slung around the body). A little bag, sacculus: saccellus: folliciilus.
bag v.
a., in saccum, or sacco condere (to put in a bag): sacco ingerere. INTR., tumescere; intumescere; extumescere; turgescere (to swell like a bag that is full): deformem in modum sinuari (of clothes).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bag?
- The usual Latin words for “bag” are saccus, cūleus, follis; also marsūpium, crumēna, zōna. 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.