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amphibalus

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Searchable Lemmata: amphibalus (L).
Alternate Forms: amphibalum, anfibula.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Garment; object which encompasses or encircles, from the Greek adjective. Note the Greek άμφιβλημα (a cloak).(1200 - 1400)
c.f.: oferlæg
L.
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical Latin, from Greek ἀμϕίβολον, ἀμϕίβαλον, from amphi 'on both sides' + stems of the verb ballein (βάλλειν) 'throw, cast'. Used of outer garments, casting-nets, and in medieval Latin for cowls, chasubles, cloaks, etc.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog: άμφιβολος (Gk).
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