What is the Latin word for packet?

The usual Latin words for “packet” are fasciculus, sarcinula, Petrōnius; also sarcina, perferendus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“packet” in Latin

fasciculusa small bundle or package (especially of letters or rolls); a bunch of flowers, nosegay; a computer file sarcinulasmall pack or bundle Petrōniusof or pertaining to the gens Petronia sarcinaa package, pack; burden, weight, sorrow; baggage, luggage perferenduswhich is to be carried or conveyed; which is to be endured, borne, suffered unto the end

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

packet

A small bundle, fasciculus (Cic.); sarcinula (Petronius).

A ship or boat, navis tabellaria (after Sen., Ep., 77, 1); or, by circumlocution, *navicula publica litteris, sarcinis, et hominibus transportandis or perferendis.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for packet?: The usual Latin words for “packet” are fasciculus, sarcinula, Petrōnius; also sarcina, perferendus. 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.