What is the Latin word for portmanteau?

The usual Latin words for “portmanteau” are averta, mantica, hippŏpērae; also āvertārius, hippopēra. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“portmanteau” in Latin

avertaportmanteau, saddlebag(s)manticasmall bag (for the hand); wallet; knapsack hippŏpēraesaddle-bags āvertāriuspackhorse hippopērasaddlebag, horse-holdall

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

portmanteau

averta (a sort of great portmanteau; later times of the emperors: a horse that carries it, avertarius): mantica (wallet): hippoperae (saddle-bags; Hor., Sat., 1, 6, 106; Sen., Ep., 87, 7; hippopera, the sing., is erroneous).

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What is the Latin word for portmanteau?: The usual Latin words for “portmanteau” are averta, mantica, hippŏpērae; also āvertārius, hippopēra. 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.