baltea

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

baltea ōrum, n

cf. Engl. belt, a girdle, belt, sword-belt, shoulder-band, baldric : auro caelatus, O.: (pharetram) circumplectitur auro Balteus, a quiver-belt , V.: verutum in balteo defigitur, Cs.: quotiens rumoribus ulciscuntur Baltea, i. e. avenge strappings by slanders , Iu.