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patagium

patagium · n

a gold edging

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Where it lives

De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

pătăgīum — Lewis & Short

pătăgīum, ii. n., = patagei=on,

I a gold edging or border on a Roman lady's tunic cf.: limbus, ora): patagium est, quod ad summam tunicam assui solet: quae et patagiata dicitur et patagiarii, qui ejusmodi opera faciunt, Fest. p. 221 Müll.; Naev. ap. Non. 540, 6; Tert Pall. 3; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 144 (2d ed.).—

II Transf., an ornarient for the kair, App. M. 2. p. 119, 2

In the wild

patagio Apuleius, Metamorphoses 2.9
patagio Tertullian, De Pallio 3.p1

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. patagium (scan p. 510; entry #8340).

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