bractea

bractĕa (also brattĕa), ae, f. [perh. kindr. with βράχω, to rattle],

• a thin plate of metal, gold-leaf (thicker plates of metal are called laminae; cf. Isid. Orig. 16, 18, 2: bractea dicitur tenuissima lamina): aranea bratteaque auri, * Lucr. 4, 729: leni crepitabat brattea vento, Verg. A. 6, 209: inspice, quam tenuis bractea ligna tegat, Ov. A. A. 3, 232; Mart. 8, 33, 6; Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 61; cf. argenteae, id. 37, 7, 31, § 105.—
• • B Poet.: viva, the golden fleece of Spanish sheep, Mart. 9, 62, 4.—
  • C Meton., thin layers of wood, veneers (opp. lamina): ligni, Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 232.—
• II Trop., show, glitter: eloquentiae, Sol. praef. 2.

bractea, -eālis, -eātor, -eātus, s. brattea etc.

bractea, bracteola v. bratte-

bractĕa (14) ( bratt- ), æ, f. , feuille de métal : auri Lucr. 4, 729, feuille dʼor ; [sans auri, même sens] Virg. En. 6, 209 ; Plin. 33, 62 || [poét.] viva Mart. 9, 61, 4, toison dʼor (blonde toison des brebis de lʼHespérie) || ligni Plin. 16, 232, tablette de bois, feuillet || [fig.] pl., clinquant, faux brillants du style : Sol. præf., 2.

bractea , ae. f.
金銀片。

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bractea or brattea ae, f

• metallic foil, goldleaf: tenuis, O.: crepitabat bractea vento, the golden leaves, V.