balteos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →balteus, baltei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
belt; shoulder-band/baldric; woman's girdle; band around neck/breast of horse;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- G
Liber V
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...regrediendi facultatem. Transfigitur scutum Pulloni et verutum in balteo defigitur. Avertit hic casus vaginam et gladium educere conanti..." - P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...manipuli quoque et gregarius miles viatica sua et balteos phalerasque, insignia armorum argento decora, loco pecuniae tradebant, instinctu..."