What is the Latin word for shirt?

The usual Latin words for “shirt” are interulus, subūcula, sindōn. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“shirt” in Latin

interulusinward, inner subūculaa man's undergarment, a shirt (worn under a tunic etc.)sindōnmuslin

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

shirt

tunica-interula: interula: subucula (with the ancients, the under tunic, made of linen or cotton; the upper tunic was called indusium; Vid: Bekker’s Gallus, vol. ii, p. 89, sqq.): sindon (a fine shirt worn by young slaves in attendance, tucked up at the knees): wearing a shirt, in a shirt, subuculatus; linteo succinctus (with a sindon, Suet., Cal., 26). Pproverbially. Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin, tunica pallio propior (Plaut., Trin., 5, 2, 30); proximus egomet sum mihi (Ter., Andr., 4, 1, 12).

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What is the Latin word for shirt?: The usual Latin words for “shirt” are interulus, subūcula, sindōn. 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.