English → Latin
“collar” in Latin
collārecollar, neckband; chain for the neckMaeliusa Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held bymellumA collar for dogsarmillabracelet, armlet; metal hoop, ring or ferrulemonīlenecklace, collar; jewel(s)torqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve; to twist, wind, bend awry, distort; to hurl violently, twirl (around the PropertiusA Roman family name — famously held bycatellaa young female dog, a female puppy, a female whelpphaleraea metal disc or boss, especially worn as a military ornament on the breast; a trapping for the forehead and breast of hocŏlumbara kind of collar
The English word collar itself goes back to Latin collum, through collāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
collar
collare (general term; hence, perhaps, may be used for a shirt-collar): maelium or mellum (a dog-collar armed with sharp points, Varr., R.R., 2. 9. 15): armilla (iron ring for a dog’s neck; hence canis armillatus, Propertius, 4. 8. 24): monile (neck-ornament, mostly with gold and precious stone, for women and children): torques, ca ella (gnldrn chains for the neck, the former a twhted rhait. the latter torques, catella (golden chains for the neck, the former a twisted chain, the latter composed of rings; both given as rewards to brave soldiers) :: phalerae (crescents of silver or gold, PROP. as ornaments of horses, but also of slaves): columbar (a sort of wooden collar, put round the neck of slaves as a punishment): numelia (a wooden machine, in which the head and feet of slaves or children were fastened as a punishment): helcium (from ἕλκω, to draw, was a horse-collar, Apuleius). To slip the collar. *se expedire ex armilla, etc. FIG., se expedire ex laqueo.
A collar of brawn, perhaps *cylindrus carms verrinae, or *caro verrina in cylindri speciem convoluta.
collar v.
by general term, prehendere, or (summa) veste aliquem prehendere (after pallio aliquem prehendere): or *collo aliquem prehendere (by the neck: after auricula aliquem prehendere).
To collar meat. *carnem (verrinam, etc.) in cylindri speciem convolvere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for collar?
- The usual Latin words for “collar” are collāre, Maelius, mellum; also armilla, monīle, torqueō. 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.