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1 lemniscatus
lemniscātus, a, um, adj. [lemniscus], adorned with pendent ribbons:corona,
Serv. Verg. A. 5, 269; 6, 772: palma, lit., a palm-branch ornamented with ribbons, the highest reward of a victor; hence, transf., for highest reward:palma (as the reward for a murder),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100; Tert. Anim. 1. -
2 lemniscus
lemniscus, i, m., = lêmniskos.I.A pendent (purple?) ribbon, fastened to a victor's crown, at first of linden-bast or wool, afterwards of gold. A crown adorned with such a ribbon was the highest reward of a victor:II.tenuissimae earum (tiliarum), philyrae, coronarum lemniscis celebres, antiquorum honore,
Plin. 16, 14, 25, § 65: lemnisci id est fascicolae coloriae, dependentes ex coronis, propterea dicuntur, quod [p. 1049] antiquissimum fuit genus coronarum lanearum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.; Plin. 21, 3, 4, § 6.—Such crowns were given as especial honors to guests at a feast:unguenta atque odores, lemniscos, corollas dari dapsilas,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 21:coronae datae lemniscis aureis interpositis,
Capitol. Verr. 5:turba coronas lemniscosque jacientium,
Liv. 33, 33, 2:ingestaeque aves, ac lemnisci, et bellaria,
Suet. Ner. 25.—Crowns ornamented in this manner were given, also, to the victors in public games and to poets:et quae jamdudum tibi palma poëtica pollet, Lemnisco ornata est, quo mea palma caret,
Aus. Epist. 20, 5; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100.—A tent or roll of lint dipped in a medicament, Veg. Vet. 2, 14, 3; 2, 48, 7 (in Cels. 7, 28, written as Greek).
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