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laena

laena · f

a lined upper garment, a cloak, mantle

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 7 4 · 3.03/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 2 · 2.63/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Saturae 4 · 1.61/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
Brutus 2 · 0.8/10k
Epigrammata 4 · 0.71/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 42 1 · 0.6/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k
Punica 2 · 0.26/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. laena — Lewis & Short

laena, ae, f., = xlai/nh,

I a lined upper garment, a cloak, mantle: laena vestimenti genus habitu duplicis. Quidam appellatam existimant Tusce, quidam Graece, quam xlani/da dicunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 117 Müll. Usually worn by the flamens over the toga, Cic. Brut. 14, 56; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 262. Also by persons of distinction,-Verg. l. l.; Sil. 15, 424; Pers. 1, 31; Juv. 5, 131; 3, 283; v. Dict. of Antiq.

2. laena — Walde–Hofmann

laena, -ae f. „ein Stück langhaariges wollenes Zeug, über dem Pallium oder der Toga getragen* (urspr. Kleidungsstück der Priester, vgl. Serv. Aen. 4, 262 est... proprié toga dupler, amictus augurälis fauet.: alit togam. duplicem in quà flámines sacrificant infibulätz; vgl. Cic. Brut. 56]; seit Varro 1.1. 5, 133 und Cic, rom.): aus gr. xAaiva f. ,Oberkleid* (*yAav-1a, vgl. xAavic ds.; Zshang mit yAautg unsicher, s. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. laena, p. 781]

In the wild

laenam Martial, Epigrammata 12.36.2
Laenas Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 7 p17
Laenas Ovid, Fasti 5.330
laenam Juvenal, Saturae 3.7.73
laena Juvenal, Saturae 1.5.131
laena Vergil, Aeneid 4.262

6 of 38 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. laena (scan p. 361; entry #5672).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. laena (scan pp. 781-782; entry #1483). Root candidates: *hi-, *lai-, *leta-.

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