cento

cento, ōnis, m. [κέντρων],

• a garment of several bits or pieces sewed together, a rag-covering, patchwork, etc., Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 3; 10, 5; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 176, 1; Sisenn. ib. p. 91, 27; Caes. B. C. 2, 9; 3, 44 fin.; Dig. 33, 7, 12.—
• • • 2 Esp., a cap worn under the helmet, Amm.19, 8, 8.—
  • B Prov.: centones sarcire alicui, to impose upon by falsehoods, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 19 (455).—
• II The title of a poem made up of various verses of another poem, a cento; so the Cento Nuptialis of Ausonius (the thirteenth of his Idyls), etc., Isid. Orig. 1, 38, 25; Tert. Praescr. 39.

cento, ōnis, m. (κέντρων, ›Rock aus Lumpen‹), I) ein aus allerhand Lappen bestehendes Flickwerk, ein Lumpen, Lumpenrock, Lumpenwerk, eig., Scrippt. r. r. u.a.: als »Untermütze« unter dem Helme, Amm. 19, 8, 8: als Sack, Kissen, Matratze, bes. naßgemacht, beim Feuerlöschen od. zur Sicherung vor Feuer od. Geschossen gebraucht, Ulp. dig. 33, 7, 12. § 18. Caes. b. c. 2, 9, 3; 2, 10, 6; 3, 44, 7: aceto madefacti centones, Sisenn. 4. fr. 107 (bei Non. 91, 17). – Sprichw., centones alci sarcire, jmdm. etw. am Zeuge flicken = Lügen aufbinden, Plaut. Epid. 455. – II) übtr., Titel eines Gedichts, das aus verschiedenen Versen anderer Dichtungen zusammengestoppelt ist, ein Cento, wie zB. des Ausonius Cento Nuptialis (das 13. seiner Idyllien); vgl. Isid. 1, 38, 25.

cento [CL] , (patchwork) quilt, mattress, felt. b patchwork compilation, cento. †centrum vel filtrum, felt Ælf. Gl.; habeat et epiphia equus tam supra dorsum quam in collo, ~one [gl.: feutre] multiplici sociata Neckam Ut. 108; scriptor habeat epicausterium multiplici ~one [gl.: feutre] coopertum Ib. 116; [bombex] thecam in opere proprio involutam ~onis in modum subintrat Id. NR II 164; capellarii faciunt capella de fultro sive ~one Garl. Dict. 124; s1460 quousque veniret [dux Ebor.] ad solium regis, super cujus ~onem sive culcitram manum suam ponens ‥ tenuit illam super ipsam Reg. Whet. I 377; a matres, ~o, ferocia, matracia, filtrum, ‥ a quylte, †centro, culcitra, ferocia CathA; 1527 lodices, ~ones, cussinos lectorum Form. S. Andr. I 202.  b 13‥ ~one Virgilii (Invent.) Chr. Rams. app. 359.

1 centō, (12) ōnis, m. (cf. κέντρων), ¶ 1 pièce dʼétoffe rapiécée, morceau dʼétoffe : Cato Agr. 2, 3 ; Cæs. C. 2, 10, 7 ; 3, 44, 7 || [fig.] centones alicui sarcire Pl. Epid. 455, conter des bourdes à quelquʼun ¶ 2 centon, pièce de vers en pot-pourri [vers ou bribes de vers pris à divers auteurs] : Aus. Idyll. 13 ; Aug. Civ. 17, 15.

cento , onis. m.
百補釘衣。百結鶉衣。 局滅火之被。Centones sarcire 以謊說謊。

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centō ōnis, m

• 2 CAN-, a rag cushion, patchwork quilt(as a defence against missiles), Cs.

CENTO

CENTO(κέντρων, Schol. ad Aristoph. Nub. 449; Suidas, s. v.), dim. CENTUNCULUS, patchwork, a covering or garment consisting of several pieces of cloth sewed together, worn by slaves (Cat. Agr. 2, 3; 10, 5; Fest. p. 234, M.), also by soldiers when working in the trenches (Caes. B.C. 3.44); used as a coverlet for beds (Macrob. Sat. 1.6.10; Sen. Ep. 80, 8); as a curtain hung up instead of a door (Juven. 6.121; Petron. 7; cf. Mart. 1.35, 5); placed under the pack-saddles of mules (Liv. 7.14, 7; Veget. Vet. 2.59, 2); also as a cap under the helmets of soldiers to prevent chafing of the head (Amm. 19.8, 8). Centones were also hung upon earthworks and similar fortifications, to protect them from fire, and to blunt the force of weapons (Caes. B.C. 2.9; Dig. 33, tit. 7, s. 12.18). Workmen called Centonarii were employed to make centones for this use in war (Cod. Theod. 14, tit. 8, s. 1; 16, tit. 10, s. 20.4). Makers of patchwork for clothes were also called by the same name ( Vestiarius Centonarius, Orelli, Inscr. 4296; Petron. 45).

Cento was likewise the name given to a poem made up from lines or parts of lines of other poets, like the Cento Nuptialis of Ausonius, made up from Virgil.

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Cento

(κέντρων). Properly, a patch work garment. In its secondary meaning the word was applied to a poem composed of verses or parts of verses by wellknown poets, put together at pleasure so as to make a new meaning. Homer and Vergil were chiefly used for the purpose. The Christians were fond of making religious poems in this way, hoping thus to give a nobler colouring to the pagan poetry. For instance, we have an Homeric cento (HomeroCentones) of 2343 verses on the life of Christ, ascribed to Athenaïs, who, under the title of Eudociawas consort of the emperor Theodosius II. Another instance is a poem known as the Christus Patiens, or “the suffering Christ,” consisting of 2610 verses from Euripides. Instances of Vergilian centos are the sacred history of Proba Faltonia (towards the end of the fourth century A.D.), and a tragedy entitled Medea by Hosidius Geta. See Delapierre, Tableau de la Littérature du Centon (Paris, 1875).