English → Latin
“baggage” in Latin
sarcinaa package, pack; burden, weight, sorrow; baggage, luggageimpedīmentumimpediment, hindrance; luggage, equipagesordēsdirt, filth, squalor; meanness, stinginess, niggardliness; humiliationlutumsoil, dirt, mire, mud; loam, clayscortumharlot, prostitute (of either sex); animal skin stripped off, hide, fell, pelt
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
baggage
sarcinae, impedimenta, orum, neuter (both, also, of an army: sarcinae, that of individuals; impedimenta, that of the whole army, especially as carried in wagons or by beasts of burden): impedimenta et carri (the baggage and wagon by which they arc transported): to plunder the baggage, impedimenta diripere: to take tile baggage, impedimenta capere; impedimentis potiri: to take all their baggage from the enemy, omnibus impedimentis hostem exuere: to lose the baggage, impedimenta amittere; impedimentis exui: soldiers without baggage, milites expediti: to fight while encumbered with their baggage, sub onere confligere: to attack the enemy while they were encumbered with their baggage, hostes sub sarcinis adoriri.
As a word of contempt, sordes; lutum; scortum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for baggage?
- The usual Latin words for “baggage” are sarcina, impedīmentum, sordēs; also lutum, scortum. 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.