mitra
mitra, a headband, coif, turban (an Asiatic head-dress)
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
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mitramque Noun: feminine accusative singular of mitra
- A headband, coif, turban of the Asiatics; in Greece and Rome worn only by women, except occasionally by effeminate young men: P. Clodius a crocotā, a mitrā ... est factus repente popularis, Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 44; Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58: picta lupa barbara mitra, Juv. 3, 66. Also worn by Bacchus, Prop. 4, 2, 31.—
- II A rope (late Lat.), Tert. Carm. de Jona et Ninive, 42; cf. Isid. 19, 4, 6.
~as, i. ornamenta pectoris vel corona
alterius mitra crines mitrare caveto
faciatis etiam emi unam ~am de precio xx marcarum et eam salvo custodiat donec rex aliud inde disposuerit
amicilium dicitur fascia capitis, sc. peplum,(a bende or a fyllet ; id est ~a virginalis
mundum reticulum mitrum [gl.: ] crinale mitellabonet
habent etiam ‥ si voluerint [monache ] et ~as lineas, nigras et forratas de agninis pellibus
tyara vel ~a, de ipsa erat caput coopertum in modum pilleoli facta, et sic volvebatur circa caput et subtus humerale refectus
sacerdotes quippe in lege ~a tegebant caput, ad similitudinem cujus huic raditur caput
ipse autem in vestitu candido, desuper amictus pallio, ~a caesariem constrictus, diem transigebant
a parte posteriori [corone ] pendebant albe due tanquam vitte instar episcopalis ~e descendentes usque ad renes ejus
idem significat ~a episcopalis per duo cornua
fieri ‥ faciant duo paria ~arum episcopalium
pontificis mitra duo testamenta figurat
mithra bona cum cirothecis
ad respondendum et satisfaciendum domino regi de quodam ~o quod fuit Alexandri archiepiscopi Ebor’ eidem W. invadiato pro c iiijxx xiij li. vj s. viij d.
~a cum indumento pontificali
putatis in susceptione mitre, sandaliorum et annuli vestri monasterii dignitatem plurimum promovisse
abbatem ab usu ~e ‥ suspendit
fili abbas, ‥ utendi ~a et anulo ‥ concedimus ‥ facultatem(
abbates ‥ quibus mittre usus est ‥ concessus(v.
~um et baculum et alias dignitates que abbati pertinebant totaliter sequestrabant(
Alexander II ‥ abbati Egelsino jussit ~a et sandaliis uti
dedit ecclesie Westmonasteriensi unam ~am bonam de albis parellis
cum uno anulo pontificali aut simplici ~a aurifrasiata vel alio jocali competente(
lego cuilibet ‥ coepiscopo Cantuariensis provincie unam ~am simplicem, qui non habuerit me vivente
metram auream ‥ gemmis ‥ ornatam(
~a frittata(v. 1
casula togatus aurea, ~a ‥ redimitus ardenti cristallina
~am quandam cum lapidibus preciosis
illam preciosam ~am quam emi ab executoribus predecessoris mei ‥ pro cc m. sterlingorum et postea cum cxx marcis Parisius totaliter reparari et meliorari feci(
dedit ecclesie cathedrali Eboracensi unam pretiosam ~am
~am, seu tiaram rectius, gemmis ac margaritis ‥ variegatam
in expens’ sacriste apud Aukland pro ~o et meremio, iiij s. vj d.
- 1. hoofdband, tulband v. oosterse oorsprong;
- 2. (Laatl.) mijter.
Et Mitramcampanilis ecclesiæ nostræ non fecimus fieri gratis.
Nauticus interea geminus clamor omnia tentat Pro rate, proque anima, spiras mandare morantes, Oblaqueare Mitram, clavorum stringere nisus, Vel reluctantes impellere pectora gyros.
- , μίτρα, a headband, coif, turban (an Asiatic head-dress), C., V., Pr., Iu.
MITRA(μίτρα) means in its first sense a band of any kind, and accordingly it was (1) the Homeric μίτρη, a band beneath the θώρηξ over the lower part of the abdomen [LORICAp. 78 a ], and (2) is equivalent to the ζώνη παρθενική, the maiden's girdle [CINGULUMVol. 1. p. 427), so that the word ἄμιτρος (Callim. Diom. 14) means a young girl, not old enough for a girdle, not yet of a marriageable age.
The word is then used for a band fastening the hair; thence developing into a regular head-dress for women, with lappets hanging over the ears, apparently something like a κρήδεμνον or the CALAUTICA(Serv. ad Aen. 9.616; see
COMAVol. 1. p. 449, and the woodcuts on that page): but it does not seem to have been worn either in Greece or at Rome by women of a respectable class. (See Serv. l. c. and the passages cited by Professor Mayor on Juven. 3.66.) Cicero speaks indignantly of the mitella being worn by effeminate young men (pro Rabir. Post. 10, 26).
As an Asiatic head-dress it was sometimes shaped like a turban, as in the mosaic of the battle of Issus, sometimes in a peaked form, as in the woodcut from the Aeginetan sculptures representing Paris; also with lappets (the redimicula of Verg. l. c.), as is well shown in a vase-painting ap. Baumeister, Denkm. fig. 1318: from this Asiatic head-dress the episcopal mitre was a very late development. In the LXX. in Ex. 28.33 and some other passages the word μίτρα renders the priestly cap which is commonly called κίδαρις. It is noticeable that the ecclesiastical mitre of the Middle Ages is by some ecclesiastical writers called a Phrygium. (Marriott, Vestiarium Christ. p. 220.) [TIARA]
[W.S] [G.E.M](μίτρα). (1) A band of of any kind.
(2) A head-dress, something like a turban.
(3) A kerchief which women wore round the head. See calantica; coma.
- a floppy hat sometimes worn under a helmet
- a name given to a broad hairband worn by women
- a Persian deity identified with Aphrodite: Hdt. 1.131