What is the Latin word for ligament, ligature?

The usual Latin words for “ligament, ligature” are fascia, ligāmen, vinculum; also fasciola, dēligō, alligō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“ligament, ligature” in Latin

fasciaband, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktie ligāmena bandage, band, tie; poultice; bandage with herbal medicine vinculumAny instrument whereby anything is bound or tied up; bond, band, fetter, chain, cord, tie, link; a bond, obligation, bin fasciolaA small bandage of the legs.dēligōto pick off, pluck off; to cull; to choose or select; to enroll, levy alligōto bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage; to hold fast, hinder, detain; to oblige, lay under obl obligōto bind in obligation, obligate, make liable; to make guilty; to mortgage, pawn

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

ligament, ligature

Bandage, fascia; diminutively, fasciola; ligamentum ad vulnus deligandum. To put on a ligature, deligare: alligare: obligare.

Any thing that binds, ligamen, vinculum.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for ligament, ligature?: The usual Latin words for “ligament, ligature” are fascia, ligāmen, vinculum; also fasciola, dēligō, alligō. 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.