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  • 1 taenia

    taenĭa, ae ( abl. plur. taeniis;

    dissyl.,

    Verg. A. 5, 269), f., = tainia, a band, ribbon, fillet; a head-band, hair-band, bandeau (syn. vitta).
    I.
    Lit. (only poet.):

    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.—
    II.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > taenia

  • 2 epistylium

    ĕpistylĭum, ii, n., = epistulion, in arch., the cross-beam that rests on the columns, the architrave, Vitr. 3, 1 sq.; 4, 3; 5, 1; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11; Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 96; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 82, 11 Müll. Isid. Orig. 15, 8, 15; 19, 10, 24; Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 6 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > epistylium

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  • architrave — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian, from archi + trave beam, from Latin trab , trabs more at thorp Date: 1563 1. the lowest division of an entablature resting in classical architecture immediately on the capital …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • architrave — noun a) The lowest part of an entablature; rests on the capitals of the columns b) The mouldings (or other elements) framing a door, window or other rectangular opening …   Wiktionary

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