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1 infula
I.In gen.:II.in infulis tantam rem depingere,
Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81.—In partic., a white and red fillet or band of woollen stuff, worn upon the forehead, as a sign of religious consecration and of inviolability, a sacred fillet; so a priest ' s fillet:B.sacerdotes Cereris cum infulis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 110:Phoebi Triviaeque sacerdos, Infula cui sacrā redimibat tempora vittā,
Verg. A. 10, 538: cujus sacerdotii (i. e. fratrum arvalium) insigne est spicea corona et infulae albae, Sabin. ap. Gell. 7, 7, 8.—Hence, meton., a priest, Prud. Apoth. 486.—Of the victim ' s fillet (whether beast or man):saepe in honore deum medio stans hostia ad aram, Lanea dum niveā circumdatur infula vittā,
Verg. G. 3, 487:infula virgineos circumdata comptus (of Iphigenia),
Lucr. 1, 87.— Of the fillet worn by a suppliant for protection:velata infulis ramisque oleae Carthaginiensium navis,
Liv. 30, 36, 4:velamenta et infulas praeferentes,
Tac. H. 1, 66:hae litterae (philosophy) apud mediocriter malos infularum loco sunt,
held in awe, Sen. Ep. 14, 10:ipsas miserias infularum loco habet,
i. e. his wretchedness claims reverence, id. ad Helv. 13, 4. —Transf., an ornament, mark of distinction, badge of honor:his insignibus atque infulis imperii venditis (said of the lands belonging to the state),
Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 6.— The insignia of an office:honorum,
Cod. Just. 7, 63, 1: infulae imperiales, id. tit. 37 fin. — Hence, for the office itself, Spart. Hadr. 6.— Ornaments of houses and temples, i. e. carved work, etc., Luc. 2, 355.
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