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1 taenia
taenĭa, ae ( abl. plur. taeniis;I.dissyl.,
Verg. A. 5, 269), f., = tainia, a band, ribbon, fillet; a head-band, hair-band, bandeau (syn. vitta).Lit. (only poet.):II.taenias Graecam vocem sic interpretatur Verrius, ut dicat ornamentum esse laneum capitis honorati, ut sit apud Caecilium in Androgyno: sepulcrum plenum taeniarum, ita ut solet, et alias: dum taeniam, qui volnus vinciret, petit. Ennius in Alexandro: volans de caelo cum coronā et taeniis (Trag. Rel. v. 33 Rib.): Attius in Neoptolemo: (tumulum) decorare est satius quam urbem taeniis,
Fest. p. 360 Müll. (cf. Trag. Rel. v. 472 Rib.):puniceis ibant evincti tempora taeniis,
Verg. A. 5, 269; 7, 352:taenia ne madidos violet bombycina crines,
Mart. 14, 24, 1.—Transf., of things of a like shape.A.A tape-worm: Taenia solium and vulgaris, Linn.; Cato, R. R. 126; Plin. 11, 33, 39, § 113; 31, 9, 45, § 102; Ser. Samm. 30, 563.—B.A kind of fish, the ribbon-fish: Cepola taenia, Linn.; Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 76 (Jahn, thynnus).—C.In archit., the fillet which separates the Doric frieze from the architrave, Vitr. 4, 3 med. —D.A streak in paper, Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81 (Sillig).—E.A row of projecting rocks in the sea, a reef, Plin. 3, prooem. § 4. — Hence the purple-fish found on these rocks are called taeniense genus purpurarum, Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 131.
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