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segestre

segestre · n

a covering

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What it meant

1. sĕgestre — Lewis & Short

sĕgestre, is, n. (collat. form sĕges-trĭa, ae, f., sĕ-gestra, ae, f., Edict. Diocl. p. 23),

Varr. L. L. 5, § 166 Müll.:
I a covering, wrapper of straw or hides for shielding goods or persons from the weather: segestre, difqe/ra, difqe/ra ploi/ou, Gloss. Vet.—Sing.: segestre, Lucil. ap. Non. 537, 10.—Plur., Varr. ap. Non. 11, 16; Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 76; Edict. Diocl. p. 23.—As a sort of mantle: segestri vel lodiculā involutus, Suet. Aug. 83.

2. segestre — Walde–Hofmann

segestre, segestrum (Cl), tegestrum, -3 Edict. Diocl. (s. Heraeus Kl. Schr. 6) in Anlehnung an zegö „Decke aus Fell" (seit Varra ling. 5,166): entl, aus gr. oreyaaıpov „Decke“ mit dissimilatorischem Schwund des ersten £ wie in opsetrtz (Brugmann 1? 855, Stolz HC. 1 97, Niedermann KZ. 45, 3521, Schulze Kl. Schr. 710). Mit segmentum „Purpur-, Gold-, Seidenstreifen als Saum von Frauenkleidern“ (seit Ov. = segmentum … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. segestre, p. 1416]

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. segestre (scan p. 636; entry #10489).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. segestre (scan p. 1416; entry #2540).

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