English → Latin
“cloak-bag, cloke-bag” in Latin
avertaportmanteau, saddlebag(s)manticasmall bag (for the hand); wallet; knapsackhippŏpēraesaddle-bagsāvertāriuspackhorsehippopērasaddlebag, horse-holdall
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cloak-bag, cloke-bag
averta (a sort of great portmanteau; later times of the emperors: a horse that carries it, avertarius): mantica: hippoperae (saddle-bags, Hor., Sat., 1, 6, 106; Sen., , Ep., 87, 7: hippopera, the sing., is erroneous).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cloak-bag, cloke-bag?
- The usual Latin words for “cloak-bag, cloke-bag” are averta, mantica, hippŏpērae; also āvertārius, hippopēra. 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.