a+fillet

flāmen (also ‡

FILAMEN,

Inscr. Grut. 227, 6), mis, m. [same root with fla-gro, q. v.; lit., he who burns, sc. offerings, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 84, 146; cf. 2, 86 note; Momms. Röm. Gesch. 1, 155; and Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 301], a priest of one particular deity, a flamen (acc. to a false etym. of Varr. and Fest., v. infra, so called from the fillet which he wore around his head). Festus enumerates from the highest flamen, that of Jupiter, to the lowest, that of Pomona, fifteen of these priests;

in the times of the emperors, the deified emperors and other deified persons also had their separate flamens assigned to them: flamines, quod in Latio capite velato erant semper, ac caput cinctum habebant filo, flamines dicti. Horum singuli cognomina habent ab eo deo, quoi sacra faciunt,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.: flamen Dialis dictus, quod filo assidue velatur, indeque appellatur flamen, quasi filamen, Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 15 Müll.; cf. also Serv. Verg. A. 8, 664:

maximae dignationis Flamen Dialis est inter quindecim flamines, et cum ceteri discrimina majestatis suae habeant, minimi habetur Pomonalis, quod Pomona levissimo fructui agrorum praesidit pomis,

Fest. p. 154, 27 sq.; cf.

Müll. Comm. ad h. l. p. 385, b: DIVIS ALIIS ALII SACERDOTES, OMNIBVS PONTIFICES, SINGVLIS FLAMINES SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20:

(Numa) flaminem Jovi assiduum sacerdotem creavit... huic duos flamines adjecit, Marti unum, alterum Quirino,

Liv. 1, 20, 2; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 14; Aug. Civ. D. 2, 15; cf.

also: est ergo flamen, ut Jovi, ut Marti, ut Quirino, sic divo Julio M. Antonius, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110:

Tiberius flamines sibi decerni prohibuit,

Suet. Tib. 26; v. Gell. 10, 15:

FLAMEN D. AVGVSTI,

Inscr. Orell. 311; 488; cf.

AVGVSTALIS,

ib. 643; 2366:

DIVI CLAVDII,

ib. 2218; 3651:

PERPETVVS NERONIS AVG.,

ib. 2219:

SALVTIS AVGVSTAE,

ib. 1171:

ROMAE,

ib. 2183:

flaminem prodere,

Cic. Mil. 10, 27:

inaugurare flaminem,

Liv. 27, 8, 4.

flāmen, ĭnis, n. [flo], = pneuma, a blowing, blast, esp. of wind ( poet., most freq. in the plur.; cf.: ventus, flatus, flabra, spiritus, aura).

Lit.:

cur Berecynthiae Cessant flamina tibiae?

Hor. C. 3, 19, 19; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 16: aquilo suo cum flamine, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 424 ed. Vahl.):

Borea, surdas flamine tunde fores,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 54:

venti,

Lucr. 1, 290:

Cauri,

id. 6, 135; cf. Verg. A. 10, 97.—

Transf., concr., a gale, breeze, wind:

ferunt sua flamina classem,

Verg. A. 5, 832; Ov. F. 3, 599:

flamina conticuere, jacet sine fluctibus aequor,

Val. Fl. 3, 732.

Flāmen, ĭnis, m., a surname in the gens Claudia, Liv. 27, 21, 5.

lānĕus, a, um, adj. [id.], woollen, of wool.

Lit.:

pallium,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83:

culcita ob oculos,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

infula,

Verg. G. 3, 487: thorax subuculae, Suet. [p. 1033] Aug. 82:

coma flaminis,

i. e. his woollen fillet, Stat. S. 5, 3, 183: effigies, little woollen figures which were distributed at the Compitalia, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—

Prov.: dii irati laneos pedes habent,

i. e. the vengeance of the gods comes unperceived, Macr. S. 1, 8, 5; Petr. 44, v. 789.—

Transf.

Covered with a woolly sub stance, downy; of fruits:

pira corio laneo,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55 (Jahn et Corrolana).—

Soft like wool, woolly:

lupus,

a kind of fish, Mart. 13, 89, 1:

latusculum,

Cat. 25, 10.

limbus, i, m., a border that surrounds any thing, a hem, welt, edge, selvage, fringe; a belt, band, girdle.

Lit.:

Sidoniam picto chlamydem circumdata limbo,

Verg. A. 4, 137; id. ib. 2, 616 (this the better read., others nimbo):

indutus chlamydem Tyriam, quam limbus obibat Aureus,

Ov. M. 5, 51; id. ib. 6, 127; 2, 734; Stat. Achill. 1, 330:

frontem limbo velata pudicam,

with a headband, fillet, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 118; cf.:

imminuerent frontes limbis,

Arn. 2, 72: picto discingit pectora limbo, with a girdle, [p. 1066] belt, Stat. Th. 6, 367.—

Transf.

The zodiac:

extra limbum XII. signorum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 7; id. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31.—

A noose, snare, for catching animals, Grat. Cyn. 25.

pannus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form pannum, i, Nov. ap. Non. 218, 27.— Dat. and abl. plur. pannibus, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.; Pompon. ap. Non. 488, 32) [pênos; Dor. panos], a cloth, a garment.

Lit.:

albo Fides Velata panno,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 21; Mart. 2, 46, 9:

eventus viridis panni,

Juv. 11, 198. —Esp. of torn, worn-out clothes, rags, tatters:

pannis annisque obsitus,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 5; Lucr. 6, 1269; Sen. Contr. 1, 6; id. Ep. 20, 8:

rara in tenui facundia panno,

Juv. 7, 145; Petr. 83 fin. —

Transf.

A rag:

unus et alter Adsuitur pannus,

Hor. A. P. 15; id. Epod. 17, 51:

membraque vinxerunt tinctis ferrugine pannis,

Ov. Ib. 235; Sen. Ira, 3, 19, 3; Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 114; Col. 6, 12:

panno rubro fugare armentum,

Gai. Inst. 3, 202.—

A head-band, fillet, Val. Max. 7, 2, n. 5 ext.; 6, 2, n. 7.—

A bag, satchel, Petr. 135.—

A (perh. raglike) substance that grows on the tree aegilops, besides its acorns, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 33. —

Plur., an infant's swaddling-clothes:

panni infantiae,

Vulg. Job, 38, 9; id. Luc. 2, 12.

pannus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form pannum, i, Nov. ap. Non. 218, 27.— Dat. and abl. plur. pannibus, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.; Pompon. ap. Non. 488, 32) [pênos; Dor. panos], a cloth, a garment.

Lit.:

albo Fides Velata panno,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 21; Mart. 2, 46, 9:

eventus viridis panni,

Juv. 11, 198. —Esp. of torn, worn-out clothes, rags, tatters:

pannis annisque obsitus,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 5; Lucr. 6, 1269; Sen. Contr. 1, 6; id. Ep. 20, 8:

rara in tenui facundia panno,

Juv. 7, 145; Petr. 83 fin. —

Transf.

A rag:

unus et alter Adsuitur pannus,

Hor. A. P. 15; id. Epod. 17, 51:

membraque vinxerunt tinctis ferrugine pannis,

Ov. Ib. 235; Sen. Ira, 3, 19, 3; Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 114; Col. 6, 12:

panno rubro fugare armentum,

Gai. Inst. 3, 202.—

A head-band, fillet, Val. Max. 7, 2, n. 5 ext.; 6, 2, n. 7.—

A bag, satchel, Petr. 135.—

A (perh. raglike) substance that grows on the tree aegilops, besides its acorns, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 33. —

Plur., an infant's swaddling-clothes:

panni infantiae,

Vulg. Job, 38, 9; id. Luc. 2, 12.

quā̆dra, ae, f., a square.

In gen.: qui locus gradibus in quadram formatus est, Fest. s. v. Romanam, p. 262 Müll.—

In partic.

In arch.

The lowest and largest member of the base of a pedestal, the foundation-stone, socle, plinth, Vitr. 3, 3.—

Any small member for the separation of larger ones, a platband, list, fillet, Vitr. 3, 3; 10, 2.—

A table to eat from, a dining-table (as these were usually square; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.):

patulis nec parcere quadris, of the pieces of bread used as plates,

Verg. A. 7, 115.— Hence, alienā vivere quadrā, to live from another ' s table (as a parasite), Juv. 5, 2. —

A (square) bit, piece, morsel:

et mihi dividuo findetur munere quadra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 49:

casei,

Mart. 12, 32, 18:

placentae,

id. 6, 75, 1; 9, 92, 18:

panis,

Sen. Ben. 4, 29, 2.

Quā̆dra, ae, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Hostius Quadratus, Sen. Q. N. 1, 16, 1.

quā̆dra, ae, f., a square.

In gen.: qui locus gradibus in quadram formatus est, Fest. s. v. Romanam, p. 262 Müll.—

In partic.

In arch.

The lowest and largest member of the base of a pedestal, the foundation-stone, socle, plinth, Vitr. 3, 3.—

Any small member for the separation of larger ones, a platband, list, fillet, Vitr. 3, 3; 10, 2.—

A table to eat from, a dining-table (as these were usually square; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.):

patulis nec parcere quadris, of the pieces of bread used as plates,

Verg. A. 7, 115.— Hence, alienā vivere quadrā, to live from another ' s table (as a parasite), Juv. 5, 2. —

A (square) bit, piece, morsel:

et mihi dividuo findetur munere quadra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 49:

casei,

Mart. 12, 32, 18:

placentae,

id. 6, 75, 1; 9, 92, 18:

panis,

Sen. Ben. 4, 29, 2.

Quā̆dra, ae, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Hostius Quadratus, Sen. Q. N. 1, 16, 1.

rĕdĭmīcŭlum, i (collat. form rĕdĭ-mīcŭla, ae, f., late Lat., Fulg. Serm. 5), n. [redimio], a band.

Lit.

A fillet, necklace, chaplet, frontlet, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 76:

habent redimicula mitrae,

Verg. A. 9, 616; Ov. M. 10, 265; id. F. 4, 135:

qui longa domi redimicula sumunt frontibus,

Juv. 2, 84 al.; cf. Fest. p. 273 Müll.:

redimicula sunt quibus mitra adligatur,

Isid. Orig. 19, 31, 5.—

A girdle:

redimiculum est, quod succinctorium sive bracile nominamus, quod descendens per cervicem et a lateribus colli divisum utrarumque alarum sinus ambit atque hinc inde succingit, etc. Hunc vulgo brachilem quasi brachialem dicunt, quamvis nunc non bracchiorum sed renum sit cingulum,

Isid. Orig. 19, 33, 5.—

Trop., a bond, fetter, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 41.

rĕdĭmīcŭlum, i (collat. form rĕdĭ-mīcŭla, ae, f., late Lat., Fulg. Serm. 5), n. [redimio], a band.

Lit.

A fillet, necklace, chaplet, frontlet, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 76:

habent redimicula mitrae,

Verg. A. 9, 616; Ov. M. 10, 265; id. F. 4, 135:

qui longa domi redimicula sumunt frontibus,

Juv. 2, 84 al.; cf. Fest. p. 273 Müll.:

redimicula sunt quibus mitra adligatur,

Isid. Orig. 19, 31, 5.—

A girdle:

redimiculum est, quod succinctorium sive bracile nominamus, quod descendens per cervicem et a lateribus colli divisum utrarumque alarum sinus ambit atque hinc inde succingit, etc. Hunc vulgo brachilem quasi brachialem dicunt, quamvis nunc non bracchiorum sed renum sit cingulum,

Isid. Orig. 19, 33, 5.—

Trop., a bond, fetter, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 41.

victĭma, ae, f. [perh. root vig- of vigeo; with superl. ending; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 509 sq.], a beast for sacrifice adorned with the fillet (vitta), a sacrifice, victim (cf. hostia).

Lit., Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 93; Hor. C. 3, 23, 12; Verg. G. 2, 147; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 16; Liv. 45, 7, 1; Ov. M. 7, 162; id. F. 1, 335; Juv. 12, 113; Luc. 1, 611; Sen. Herc. Fur. 923 al.—

Trop., a victim:

quam potestis P. Lentulo mactare victimam gratiorem quam si L. Flacci sanguine illius nefarium in nos omnes odium saturaveritis?

Cic. Fl. 38, 95: se victimam rei publicae praebere, id. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

victima deceptus decipientis ero,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 22:

me nuptiali victimam feriat die,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 348.