The corpus record — Latin

nitela1

nitela1 · f

brightness, splendor

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Where it lives

Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

1. nĭtēla — Lewis & Short

nĭtēla, ae, f.niteo,

I brightness, splendor (post-class.).

I Lit.: armorum nitela, Sol. 22, 5.—

II Transf.

A That which shines or glitters, a glittering particle: nitelae pulveris, gold-dust, Sol. 23, 4. —

B That which causes to shine, a polish: nitelae oris, i. e. tooth-powder, Cat ap. App. Mag. p. 277, 5.

2. nītēla — Lewis & Short

nītēla, v nitella.

In the wild

nitelam Martial, Epigrammata 5.37.8
nitelas Apuleius, Apologia 6

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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