English → Latin
“truss” in Latin
fasciaband, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktiefascisA faggot, fascine; bundle, packet, package, parcel.; A burden, load.; A bundle carried by lictors before the highest magfasciculusa small bundle or package (especially of letters or rolls); a bunch of flowers, nosegay; a computer filecolligōto gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest; to mligōto tie, bind; to bandage, wrap around; to unitesA letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script, representing the sound /s/.
The English word truss itself goes back to Latin torqueō, through *torsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
truss s.
A bandage used for hernia, *fascia hernialis: fascia, cui immo loco pila assuta est ex panniculis facta (Cels., 7, 20, in.): To put on or apply a truss, fasciam ad repellendum intestinum ipsi illi subjicere (Cels., loco citato),
A bundle (of hay, straw, etc.), fascis: fasciculus.
truss v.
colligare: ligare (to bind together): colligere (to collect; draw up). To truss up, s., PACK.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for truss?
- The usual Latin words for “truss” are fascia, fascis, fasciculus; also colligō, ligō, s. 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.