birrus

birrus, i, m. (birrum, i, n., Aug. Serm. Divers. 49), = πυρρός (of yellow color),

• a cloak to keep off rain (made of silk or wool), Edict. Diocl. p. 20; cf. Salmas. Vop. Carin. 20; Burm. Anth. Lat. 2, p. 408; Cod. Th. 14, 10, 1, § 1; Schol. Juv. 8, 145; Sulp.Sev. Dial. 1, 21, 4; Claud. Epigr. 42.

birrus (byrrus, byrrhus), ī, m. (πυῤῥός, von gelber Farbe), ein (seidener od. wollener) Mantelkragen od. kurzer Mantel mit Kapuze (Vopisc. Car. 20, 6. Edict. Diocl. 7, 42 u. 43. Cod. Theod. 14, 10, 1. § 1. Cassian. coen. inst. 1, 7. Schol. Iuven. 8, 145), aus dickem Stoff (dah. rigens, Sulp. Sev. dial. 1, 21, 4), mit Noppen, wie Biber (Claud. epigr. 42).

birrus, ~a [LL(?) < πυρρός; cf. burrus] 1 cloak. agmina pullatis coeunt vernacula birris Frith. 1304; 9‥ byrrum, casul WW; obtecta ~o mediocri ‥ devenit ad tugurium Gosc. Wulfh. 2; quia interiorem hominem veste sacerdotali ‥ induerat, nunc exteriorem indumento superficiario sub ~o [ib. ed. Robertson 42: sub habitu exteriori] secretius munivit Grim Thom. ed. Martène 1739; faldyng, cloth, falinga, ‥ ~us PP; a slavyn, amphibalus, ~us CathA. 2 rag. non fodeas dentes festucis ‥; / birro, si sit opus, illos conterge fricando D. Bec. 1018; gladiorum ~is exterguntur mucrones Itin. Ric. IV 35; duddyd cloth, ‥ ~us PP. 3 pleat, fold, skirt. tunicam ‥ ~is [gl.: geruns] munitam Neckam Ut. 98; acus ‥ grossas ad †byrritricas [(?) l. byrri tricas][gl.: gerun] poliendas Ib. 101; 1264 habens secum in ~o camisie sue signum quod fuit captum de ipso panno Rec. Leic. I 88; 1288 cidit ~um tabardi sui CalIMisc 2296; 1330 pro indumentis suis habeant ‥ supertunicam talarem sine ~is (Ord. Hosp. Strood) Reg. Roff. 637; 1344 supertunicas ‥ clausas desuper habeant sine ~o vel anteriori apertura quacunque (Stat. Cotterstock) Eng. Clergy 287; 1346 tunicas induunt ‥ quidam ‥ birratas ante et retro; quidam quasi per circuitum habent ~as Conc. II 730; ? 1425 (v. bissa 2); a skyrte, ~um, gremium CathA.

birrus, -rhus, byrrhus, burrhus, ī, m. , sorte de capote || -um, ī, n. , Aug. Serm. 356, 13.

BIRRUS

BIRRUS(βίρρος), or BURRUS, a cloak or cape furnished with a hood; a heavy, coarse garment for use in bad weather. (Burmann, Anth. Lat. 2. p. 407; Cod. Theod. 14.10, 1.) Its material was stiff (birrum rigentem--fluentem lacernam, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1.14), with a long nap--usually wool, sometimes beaver (Claud. Epigr. 42). The word is used as a synonym of lacerna (Schol. ad Pers. 1.54), of cucullus (Schol. ad Juven. 8.145), of sagum (Dioclet. Edict. 16.11, ed. Waddington; Vopisc. Gallien. 6, Carin. 20, with note of Salmasius). Waddington (l. c.) prefers to regard it as a word of barbarous origin, rather than to suppose that it is connected with πυρρός (Festus, s. v.; Marquardt, Privatleben, p. 550), on account of the red colour of the wool. The spelling byrrus is rare in MSS. In Diocletian's Edict (l. c.) we read of βίρροι made not of coarse materials, but of the more costly Laodicean and Nervian wools.

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Birrus

or Burrus (βίρρος). A cloak or cape furnished with a hood; a heavy, coarse garment for use in bad weather. It was made of wool or beaver, with a long nap. The word is also used as synonymous with lacerna, cucullus, and sagum, all of which see.