phalera
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Searchable Lemmata: phalera (L).
Alternate Forms: falera, falerarum, falere, faleris, phalerae, phaleras, phalerarum, falariis.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Accessory;
trappings, harness (esp. for a horse); arms or equipment for a person. Either a plural, collective noun (usually phalerae), or used as a feminine singular (phalera).(ante 800 - circa 1300)
2. palefridum ... phaleris et sella deauratis picturis et sculpuis variis ad delicias ornatum ... [p. 277] ... mulier ... ad singulas nundinas caudatas in longum tunicas pulverem trahentes et terram verrentes ... extorquebit
Ecclesiastic/Regula.
[DMLBS GIR. (GE II 22) 1179]
4. phaleras: harneys a hume ... poder[is] gallice: bassures ... sagena: deche ... sagina: harneys a femme
Gloss.
[AND TLL (ii 56) ante 1300]
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1b(n.)
Accessory;
ornaments; also used figuratively and rhetorically.(circa 1250)
1. [320] ... in anulis ... et monilibus aureis cum gemmis pretiosis, in scriniis et faleris, et aliis mulebribus [sic] ornamentis ... [322] ... cum ... imperatrix cognovisset quod omnes ... faciem ejus videre cupiebant, capellum suum ex capite cum peplo demisit
Historic.
[DMLBS M. PAR. (Maj. III 320-322) ante 1260]
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Classical L as femine or as a plural noun, ultimately from Greek.
WF:
Etym Cog: phaleratura (L), phaleretica (L).
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