English → Latin
“frontlet” in Latin
fasciaband, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktietaeniaribbon; tapeworm; taenia (band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order)nimbusrainstorm, rain shower; rain cloud, thunder cloud, storm cloud; cloudīnfulaA fillet of white and red wool, knotted at intervals with a ribbon (vitta) as a braid and worn on the head by ancient Romitraturban; mitremitellaheadband, turban; bandage
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
frontlet
A tie for the head, fascia: taenia (general term for any tie): redimiculum frontis (consisting either of a tie or a chain; Vid: Juv., 2, 84): nimbus (worn by women, to give the forehead a smaller appearance; a woman that wears it, mulier nimbata, Plaut., Poen., 1, 2, 135): infula (a wide, broad frontlet, as worn by the priests, made of woollen stuff): mitra: mitella (μίτρα, a tie, with side-pieces, covering part of the cheeks, which were tied under the chin; worn by the inhabitants of Asia, and afterward by the Greeks and Romans; but only by females or effeminate males).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for frontlet?
- The usual Latin words for “frontlet” are fascia, taenia, nimbus; also īnfula, mitra, mitella. 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.