English → Latin
“band” in Latin
vinculumAny instrument whereby anything is bound or tied up; bond, band, fetter, chain, cord, tie, link; a bond, obligation, binligāmena bandage, band, tie; poultice; bandage with herbal medicineligāmentumbandage; ligamentcōpulōto bind or tie together, unite, join, couple; to associate with; to connectredimīculumA band, necklace or girdletaeniaribbon; tapeworm; taenia (band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order)fasciaband, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktievinciōto bind, tie up, fetter; to lace, fasten; to surround, guardmitellaheadband, turban; bandagevittaband, ribbon; fillet, headband, chaplet
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
band s.
that which binds, vinculum: ligamen; ligamentum.
That which binds together, copula.
For the hair, redimiculum; taenia; fascia.
For wounds, fascia; vinctura; ligamentum ad vulnus deligandum: mitella (for a broken arm).
An ornament for the head, vitta; infula (for the priests); lemniscus (ribbon of a garland).
Of iron about a beam, armilla.
A troop or company, globus; turba; caterva; grex; manipulus; turma (of cavalry); manus; multitudo: bands of robbers, latronum globus; a band of conspirators, conjuratorum globus: armed bands, armatorum copia.
band v.
sociare; consociare; se jungere; se conjungere alicui or cum aliquo; se conjungere cum copiis alicujus; arma consociare cum aliquo; signa conferre ad aliquem.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for band?
- The usual Latin words for “band” are vinculum, ligāmen, ligāmentum; also cōpulō, redimīculum, taenia. 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.