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mantelum

mantelum · n

a cloth, napkin

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What it meant

mantēlum — Lewis & Short

mantēlum and mantellum, i, n.i. q. mantele, q. v.,

I a cloth, napkin, Lucil. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 4, 377; Paul. ex Fest. p. 133, 33; Inscr. Orell. 2271.—
II A cloak, mantle; trop.: nec mendaciis subdolis mihi usquam mantelum est meis, Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 5.

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