What is the Latin word for glove?

The usual Latin words for “glove” are digitābulum, manica. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“glove” in Latin

digitābuluma glove worn in gathering olives manicalong sleeve of a tunic, covering up to the hand; manacles, handcuffs; a grappling-iron, used to hook enemy ships

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

glove

digitabulum (δακτυλήθρα, a finger-glove, Varr., R.R., 1, 55, 1, such as were used in gathering olives). ☞ This is probably the best word for our glove; for manica (χειρίς), which we find for it in the moderns, is, with the ancients, a kind of long sleeve, such as were used, especially by actors, in order to lengthen the appearance of the arms. Quite as inadmissible is chirotheca, by which word the ancients understood a small chest for keeping sleeves (χειρίδες) in.

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What is the Latin word for glove?: The usual Latin words for “glove” are digitābulum, manica. 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.