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amiculum

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Searchable Lemmata: amiculum (L).
Alternate Forms: amicumlum, amiculo, amicula.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Garment; short cloak. Isidore lists the garment among women's clothing. He specifically suggests the garment is worn by courtesans.(ante 700 - ante 1100)
1. Regillum est praelatum reginarum amiculum; unde et appellatum. Peplum matronale pallium ex purpura signatum, cuius fimbriae aurei staminis summitate resplendent.Translation: 'The regillum is the mantle of state for queens (regina), whence it is named. The peplum is a matron's garment marked with purple, whose hem glitters at the edge with gold thread', The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville [translation], ed. S. A. Barney et al. (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2006), p. 387. [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,25,1) ante 709]
2. Amiculum est meretricum pallium lineum. Hunc apud veteres matronae in adulterio deprehensae induebantur, ut in tali amiculo potius quam in stola polluerent pudicitiam. Erat enim apud veteres hoc signum meretriciae vestis, nunc in Hispania honestatis.Translation: 'The amiculum is the linen cloak of prostitutes. In ancient times, married women caught in adultery were clothed in these so they might sully their virtue in this amiculum rather than in a stola. Thus among the ancients this garment was a mark of prostitution, but nowadays in Spain it is a mark of respectability', The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville [translation], ed. S. A. Barney et al. (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2006), p. 387. [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,25,5)]
3. Regillum et peplum et palla et amicumlum riccræ wife ł deorwurðe wæfels. [DOE AntGl 4 (Kindschi) (080300 (803))]
4. peplorum amicula ... nequaquam a sanctis arubus spoliari valuerunt. [DMLBS ALDH. (VirgP 50) ante 709]
5. Amicula : ða swæpelsan [DOE ClGl 1 (Stryker) (0122 (131))]
6. Amiculo hrægle. [DOE ClGl 1 (Stryker) (0231 (250))]
L.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
2(n.) Accessory; in a late Middle English glossary, equated with a fillet or band worn around the hair.(circa 1475)
1. A Bende: Vitta, Amiculum. Gloss. [MED *Cath.Angl. ((Add 15562) 12b) circa 1475]
c.f.: vitta
L.
Sex: Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Head.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, From Classical Latin. Diminutive of amictus. Compare medieval Latin almucia (Latham, p. 16).
WF: Derivation
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