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“saddle-bag” in Latin

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

saddle-bag
hippoperae (Sen.), or, pure Latin, bisaccium (its original name, Petronius): vulga or bulga (Lucilius and Varr., ap. Non; a Gallic name according to Festus). Vid: CLOAK-BAG. SADDLE-HORSE, equus sellaris (after jumenta sellaria, Vegetious): *equus ad equitandum idoneus.

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What is the Latin word for saddle-bag?
The usual Latin words for “saddle-bag” are hippŏpērae, bisaccium, vulgō; also bulga, Petrōnius, Lūcīlius. 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.