English → Latin
“hoop” in Latin
circuluscircle (geometric figure); orbit (circular path); ring; hooptrochusiron hoopānulusA ring, especially a finger ring; A signet ringferrumiron; any tool made of iron; sworddōliuma large earthenware vessel, hogshead, cask; cauldron, large brass pot, barrel, vat
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hoop s.
circulus (circle; used for a cooper’s hoop): trochus (τροχός, the iron hoop with which the young Greeks and Romans played; it was hung with little bells [garrulus annulus in orbe trochi, Martisalis, 14, 169]): annulus (ring, or whatever is circular like a ring): ferrum, quo aliquid vincitur or vincta est (iron hoop; e.g., round a wheel). Τo put hoops round a cask, dolum cingere circulis.
hoop v.
circulis cingere (to hoop a cask, dolium); or (general term) vincire aliquid aliqua re (e.g., ferro).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hoop?
- The usual Latin words for “hoop” are circulus, trochus, ānulus; also ferrum, dōlium. 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.