English → Latin
“brace” in Latin
alligōto bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage; to hold fast, hinder, detain; to oblige, lay under obldēligōto pick off, pluck off; to cull; to choose or select; to enroll, levytendōto stretch, stretch out, distend, extend; to direct oneself or one's course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, beintendōto stretch out; to strain; to turn one's attention to, focus (on); to aim, turn, directcontendōto hurry; to stretch, draw tight, make taut, strain; to place together in comparison, compare, contrastvinculumAny instrument whereby anything is bound or tied up; bond, band, fetter, chain, cord, tie, link; a bond, obligation, bincōpulōto bind or tie together, unite, join, couple; to associate with; to connectligāmena bandage, band, tie; poultice; bandage with herbal medicineligāmentumbandage; ligamentfasciaband, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktie
The English word brace itself goes back to Latin bracchium, through bracchia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
brace v.
bind, alligare, deligare.
Strain, tendere, intendere, contendere.
brace
vinculum, copula.
Bandage, ligamen, ligamentum, fascia; redimiculum.
Tension, tensio (Hyginus, Vitr., post-classical, rare): tensura (post-classical, Hyginus, Veg.). Mostly by circumlocution with extendere (e.g., funem): intendere (e.g., chordas, arcum): contendere (arcum, etc.): intendere aliquid aliqua re (e.g., sellam loris). Braces under a bed, institae, quibus sponda culcitam fert (Petronius).
Of a ship, funis quo antenna vertitur; rudens.
Braces for breeches, fasciae braccis sustinendis.
A pair, par: of pigeons, par columbarum. They are found in braces, bini inveniuntur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for brace?
- The usual Latin words for “brace” are alligō, dēligō, tendō; also intendō, contendō, vinculum. 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.