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cyclas

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Searchable Lemmata: cyclas (L).
Alternate Forms: cyclade, cyclades, cicladibus, cycladibus.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Garment; robe; originally used for state functions, encircled by a border.(ante 700 - 1500)
1. Circumtextum est quod Graece KUKLAS dicitur. De quo Vergilius (Aen. 1,649): Et circumtextum croceo velamen acantho. Circumtextum autem dictum quia est rotundum pallium. [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,24,10)]
2. Inperatores Romani et reges quidam gentium aureas coronas utuntur. Persae tiaras gerunt; sed reges rectas, satrapae incurvas. Reperta autem tiara a Semiramide Assyriorum regina. Quod genus ornamenti exinde usque hodie gens ipsa retinet. Athenienses enim cic[l]adas aureas gerebant partim in vertice, nonnulli in fronte. Non enim eadem sunt insignia omnium regnorum. Gentilium vates infulas, apices, pillea sive galeria utebantur. [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,30,3)]
3. Cyclade : hwiolfage. [DOE ClGl 1 (Stryker) (1336 (1359))]
4. Cycladibus : hweglgodwebbum. [DOE ClGl 1 (Stryker) (1618 (1642))]
5. [puella] quam rex ... cum stemmate comit ... / et peplo clamidis necnon cicladibus ornat Poetic. [DMLBS ALDH. (VirgV 610) ante 709]
6. cives Londonienses ... sericis vestimentis ornati, cicladibus auro textis circumdati Historic. [DMLBS M. PAR. (Maj. III 337) circa 1236]
7. cives ornaverunt facies domorum ... suarum ... vestibus cultioribus, aureis et argenteis, velvetis, syndonicis sicladibus aliisque preciosis Historic. [DMLBS KNIGHTON (Cont. 320) circa 1392]
8. a mantylle, ciclas, clamis, collobium ... Gloss. [DMLBS CathA (ciclas) 1483]
L.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
2(n.) Garment; used figuratively.(circa 700)
1. virgo ... liniamentis, membratim corporalibus sed plus venusta suatim cicladibus compta spiritalibus Poetic. [DMLBS ALDH. (VirgV 36) ante 709]
L.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical Latin, from Greek.
WF:
Etym Cog: κυκλάς (Gk), cylch (W).
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