riband
riband
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See ribbon.
subs.
See ribbon.
RIBAND
vitta (Verg.): taenia: fascia (strip or band of stuff for the forehead or hair): lemniscus (riband of a garland; the best word for the riband of an order); also perhaps by clavus (the purple stripe or stud worn on the tunic of Roman men). To trim with ribands *clavis vittis variare praetexere.
vitta (Verg.): taenia: fascia (strip or band of stuff for the forehead or hair): lemniscus (riband of a garland; the best word for the riband of an order); also perhaps by clavus (the purple stripe or stud worn on the tunic of Roman men). To trim with ribands *clavis vittis variare praetexere.
riband, ribbon:
1. taenia (a broad band): having their temples bound with r.s, evincti tempora taeniis (dissyl.), Virg. Aen. 5, 269.
2. taeniŏla (dimin. of preced.): a r. of sea-weed, t. algae, Col. 11, 3, 23.
3. vitta (as distinguished from the preced. it is long and hangs down; hence longae taenia v., Virg. Aen. 7, 352: a fillet): a r. for the hair, crinalis v., id. Aen. 7, 403; Ov.: to tie up a garland with a r., coronam vitta colligare, Plin. 18, 2, 2.
4. lemniscus (λημνίσκος: a r. which hung down behind a victor's crown): chaplets and r.s, coronae l.que, Liv. 33, 33.
5. infŭla: v.FILLET : perh. this is the most suitable expr. for a r. as a badge of honour, cf. Sen. Ep. 14, 11; Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 6: the r. of an imperial order, *i. imperialis, after Cod. Just. tit. 37, ad fin. Phr.: tresses bound with a r., vittati capilli, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 17: a palm-branch wreathed with r.s, palma lemniscata, Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100.
1. taenia (a broad band): having their temples bound with r.s, evincti tempora taeniis (dissyl.), Virg. Aen. 5, 269.
2. taeniŏla (dimin. of preced.): a r. of sea-weed, t. algae, Col. 11, 3, 23.
3. vitta (as distinguished from the preced. it is long and hangs down; hence longae taenia v., Virg. Aen. 7, 352: a fillet): a r. for the hair, crinalis v., id. Aen. 7, 403; Ov.: to tie up a garland with a r., coronam vitta colligare, Plin. 18, 2, 2.
4. lemniscus (λημνίσκος: a r. which hung down behind a victor's crown): chaplets and r.s, coronae l.que, Liv. 33, 33.
5. infŭla: v.