English → Latin
“baldric” in Latin
cingulumA girdle which encircles the hips; zone, belt; sword-belt; sash.; A girdle of the earth; zone.zōnabelt, girdle; zoneorbiscircle, ring; of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit; an orb (sphere)circuluscircle (geometric figure); orbit (circular path); ring; hoop
The English word baldric itself goes back to Latin balteus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
baldric
cingulum, zona (the former as genuine Latin, zona as derived from the Greek, ζώνη): zona applies especially to the finely-wrought girdles of females; both apply to the division of the earth, and the girdle in which money is carried).
“The baldric of the heaven” (Spens.), the zodiac, orbis or circulua signifer; circulus, qui signifer vocatur; also merely signifer by later writers the Greek term zodiacus (ζωδιάκός) was introduced.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for baldric?
- The usual Latin words for “baldric” are cingulum, zōna, orbis; also circulus. 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.