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labarum

labarum · n

the labarum, a Roman military standard of the later times, richly ornamented with gold and precious stones, and bearing…

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Where it lives

Punica 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

1. lăbărum — Lewis & Short

lăbărum, i, n., = labaro/n,

I the labarum, a Roman military standard of the later times, richly ornamented with gold and precious stones, and bearing the effigy of the general. Constantine the Great placed upon it a crown, a cross, and the initial letters of the name Jesus Christus, and made it the imperial standard, Prud. ap. Symm. 1, 487; Tert. Apol. 16.

2. labarum — Walde–Hofmann

labarum (vulg. -us), i n. „Reichsfahne“ (seit Ambr., daraus E byz. Adßopov [-ap-], Aafapügioc): nach Pisani Re. Acc. Linc. s. VI v. 8 p. 238 als gall. Wort zu as. lappo „Zipfel, Lappen“, ahd. lappa f. „niederhängendes Stück Zeug* (nhd. Lappen; s. labo, labium), Benennung von den herabhüngenden Tucblappen? — Nicht griech. Entlehnung aus jaureum (wie Aaupütov 5. Jh. aus lawreütum „Bild des Kaisers"), labarum … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. labarum, p. 769]

In the wild

Labarumque Silius Italicus, Punica 4.232

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. labarum (scan pp. 769-770; entry #1457).

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