English → Latin
“garment” in Latin
vestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesturevestīmentumgarment, robe, article of clothing; clothes, clothing, garmentsamictuscloak, mantle; clothing, garb; fashionamiculummantle, cloakcolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden; to inhabit; to frequent, be the guardian of, cherish,vestiōto clothe, dress; to adorn, attire, deck; to cover, blanketet cēteraet cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
garment
vestis (both clothes generally = vestitus, and a single article of dress): vestimentum (a single article of dress, as a proper and necessary covering of the body): amictus: amiculum (of upper clothing for warmth or ornament; amictus, collectively; amiculum, of a single article): cultus (whatever belongs to dress; girdle, hat, ornaments, arms, etc.): ☞ habitus is whatever belongs to the exterior in general; cleanliness, mode of dressing the hair, carriage of the body, etc. To change one’s garments, vestimenta mutare (☞ vestem mutare means to go into mourning).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for garment?
- The usual Latin words for “garment” are vestis, vestīmentum, amictus; also amiculum, colō, vestiō. 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.