tapestry
tapestry
subs.
Hangings: Ar. τά̆πης, ὁ, πᾰρᾰπετάσμᾰτα, τά.
Cloth: P. and V. ὕ̆φασμα, τό.
subs.
Hangings: Ar. τά̆πης, ὁ, πᾰρᾰπετάσμᾰτα, τά.
Cloth: P. and V. ὕ̆φασμα, τό.
TAPESTRY
tapes -etis masculine; plur. tapetes (Plaut.); tapetum (Verg.): aulaeum (a hanging curtain): textile stragulum (Cic.); stratum (Nep. for use as a carpet coverlet etc.). On walls vestis velamentum parietum: to hang (walls) with tapestry (parietes) tapetis exornare *vestire.
tapes -etis masculine; plur. tapetes (Plaut.); tapetum (Verg.): aulaeum (a hanging curtain): textile stragulum (Cic.); stratum (Nep. for use as a carpet coverlet etc.). On walls vestis velamentum parietum: to hang (walls) with tapestry (parietes) tapetis exornare *vestire.
tapestry: no exact word: the nearest are:
1. aulaeum (usu. in pl.: a curtain): the hanging t., suspensa a., Hor. S. 2, 8, 54, Orell.: cf. Virg. G. 3, 25.
2. vēlum (a curtain separating apartments): he hid himself under the t. that hung across the doorway, inter praetenta foribus v. se abdidit, Suet. Claud. 10: hanging t., pendentia v., Juv. 6, 227.
3. tăpēte, is, n. (the following irreg. forms occur by the side of the reg. ones: acc. sing. masc. tapeta, Sil. 4, 270: abl. sing. tapete, Sil. 17, 64: acc. pl. masc. tapetas, Virg. Aen. 9, 358: abl. pl. tapetis, id. ib. 7, 277) this word seems always to denote t. used as a carpet or coverlet, or to throw over thrones, etc.: v.CARPET .
4. perh. pĕrĭpĕtasma, Cic. Verr. 4, 12, 27. Phr.: a tent of wrought t., tabernaculum textilibus signis exornatum, Val. Max. 9, 1, ext. 4: to hang walls with t., parietes aulaeis (or poet. textilibus picturis, Lucr. 2, 35) vestire, after Cic. Verr. 4, 55, 122.
1. aulaeum (usu. in pl.: a curtain): the hanging t., suspensa a., Hor. S. 2, 8, 54, Orell.: cf. Virg. G. 3, 25.
2. vēlum (a curtain separating apartments): he hid himself under the t. that hung across the doorway, inter praetenta foribus v. se abdidit, Suet. Claud. 10: hanging t., pendentia v., Juv. 6, 227.
3. tăpēte, is, n. (the following irreg. forms occur by the side of the reg. ones: acc. sing. masc. tapeta, Sil. 4, 270: abl. sing. tapete, Sil. 17, 64: acc. pl. masc. tapetas, Virg. Aen. 9, 358: abl. pl. tapetis, id. ib. 7, 277) this word seems always to denote t. used as a carpet or coverlet, or to throw over thrones, etc.: v.
4. perh. pĕrĭpĕtasma, Cic. Verr. 4, 12, 27. Phr.: a tent of wrought t., tabernaculum textilibus signis exornatum, Val. Max. 9, 1, ext. 4: to hang walls with t., parietes aulaeis (or poet. textilibus picturis, Lucr. 2, 35) vestire, after Cic. Verr. 4, 55, 122.