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The threads that run lengthwise in the loom

  • 1 tela

    tēla, ae, f. [prob. contr. from texia, from texo; cf. ala, from axilla;

    mala, from maxilla,

    Cic. Or. 45, 153 ], a web.
    I.
    Lit.:

    texentem telam studiose ipsam offendimus,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 44:

    Penelope telam retexens,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 95:

    tenui telas discreverat auro,

    Verg. A. 4, 264; 11, 75:

    vetus in telā deducitur argumentum,

    Ov. M. 6, 69:

    commenta retexere tela,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 9; Dig. 32, 1, 69; 34, 2, 22:

    lanā et telā victum quaeritans,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 48; cf.:

    assiduis exercet bracchia telis,

    Ov. F. 4, 699:

    antiquas exercet telas,

    id. M. 6, 145:

    plena domus telarum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59.—Of a spider ' s web:

    deiciamque eorum (araneorum) omnis telas,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 25; Cat. 68, 49; Mart. 8, 33, 15; Juv. 14, 61.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The threads that run lengthwise in the loom, the warp (syn.:

    stamen, trama),

    Tib. 1, 6, 79: licia telae Addere, Verg. G. 1, 285; 3, 562; Ov. M. 4, 275; 6, 54 sq.—
    2.
    A weaver ' s beam, yarn-beam; also, a loom, Cato, R. R. 10, 5; 14, 2; Ov. M. 4, 35; 6, 576. —
    II.
    Trop., a web, i. e. a plan, design:

    exorsa haec tela non male omnino mihi est,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 116:

    ad detexundam telam,

    id. Ps. 1, 4, 7:

    quamquam ea tela texitur et ea incitatur in civitate ratio vivendi, ut, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 226.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tela

  • 2 tēla

        tēla ae, f    [TEC-], a web: Texens telam, T.: telam retexens: tenui telas discreverat auro, V.: adsiduis exercet bracchia telis, O.: plena domus telarum: cum totā descendat aranea telā, Iu.— The warp: licia telae Addere, V.: stantis percurrens stamina telae, O.— A loom: geminas intendunt stamine telas, O.: Stamina suspendit telā, O.—Fig., a web, plan: tela texitur ea, ut, etc.
    * * *
    web; warp (threads that run lengthwise in the loom)

    Latin-English dictionary > tēla

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