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fimbriae

fimbriae · f

fibres

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Where it lives

In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

fimbrĭae — Lewis & Short

fimbrĭae, ārum, f.cf.: fibra, filum,

I fibres, threads, shreds, fibrous part, fringe (for syn. cf.: limbus, ora, instita, patagium): antiqui FIBRVM dicebant extremum, a quo in sagis fimbriae et in jecore extremum fibra, Varr. L. L. 5, § 79 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. FIBER, p. 90 Müll.: si quis in febre aut acuto morbo ... in veste floccos legit fimbriasve diducit, Cels. 2, 6; so Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171; App. M. 11, p. 258: madentes cincinnorum fimbriae, i. e. the outer curled ends, * Cic. Pis. 11, 25: mappa laticlavia, fimbriis hinc atque illic pendentibus, Petr. 32.—Sing. (late Lat.), a border, fringe: vestimenti, Vulg. Matt. 9, 20; 14, 36 al.

In the wild

fimbriis Petronius, Satyricon 32
fimbriae Cicero, In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 25
fimbrias Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 52.13
fimbriae Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.6.9
fimbrias Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.37.p50
fimbrias Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.2.p7

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. fimbriae (scan p. 259; entry #4031).

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