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balteus.

belt; shoulder-band/baldric; woman's girdle; band around neck/breast of horse;

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈbaɫ.te.ʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈbal.te.us]
  1. A belt, girdle

    declension-2 · masculine
  2. A belt, girdle A sub-cinctorium, a papal garment.

    declension-2 · masculine
  3. synonym of praecinctio (curved walkway that separates the galleries of a Roman theatre)

    declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Charisius says Varro considered it of Etruscan origin (compare Etruscan 𐌁𐌀𐌋𐌕𐌄𐌀 (baltea, “belt”)). Ernout and Meillet accept its Etruscan origin and interpret -eus as a characteristic ending of Etruscan loanwords, whereas Bonfante Warren is skeptical of this etymology, noting that the voiced consonant /b/ is foreign to Etruscan.

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