English → Latin
“zone” in Latin
caelumheaven (where the stars and the Milky Way is); sky; climate, weatherōsmouth; (in general) head or face; (in general) facial features, countenance, appearanceplāgaplague, misfortune; stroke, blow, cut, strike; wound, gash, injuryrēgiuskingly, regal, royal (of or pertaining to a king); magnificent, splendid, distinguished (worthy of a king)ārdorflame, fire, heat; brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes); ardour, eagerness, ardent desireZōnēa promontory on the southern coast of Thrace; a town on this promontory
The English word zone itself goes back to Latin zōna.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
zone
A girdle, cingulus.
A division of the earth, cingulus terrae (Cic., Somn. Scip., 6, or De Rep., 6, 20, 21. ☞ In poets and post-Augustan prose, usually zona): caelum: caeli regio, ora, or plaga (quarter of the heavens): positio caeli (Tac., Agr., 11, 3): regio (district). The torrid zone, zona torrida (Plin.); ardores (Sall., Jug., 18, 9). The frigid zones, glaciales caeli regiones (after Col., 3, 1, 3): the temperate zones, temperatae caeli regiones (Vitr.). For a poetical description of the five zones, Vid: Verg., Georg., 1, 233-238.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for zone?
- The usual Latin words for “zone” are caelum, ōs, plāga; also rēgius, ārdor, Zōnē. 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.