mitra

mitra , ae, f.: headband; turban, cap, 4.216.

mī̆tra, ae, f., = μίτρα.

• A headband, coif, turban of the Asiatics; in Greece and Rome worn only by women, except occasionally by effeminate young men: P. Clodius a crocotā, a mitrā ... est factus repente popularis, Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 44; Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58: picta lupa barbara mitra, Juv. 3, 66. Also worn by Bacchus, Prop. 4, 2, 31.—
• II A rope (late Lat.), Tert. Carm. de Jona et Ninive, 42; cf. Isid. 19, 4, 6.

mitra, ae, f. (μίτρα), eine Kopfbinde mit Backenstücken, die man unter dem Kinne zuband (s. Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 216), in Griechenland und später auch in Rom nur von Frauen u. nur ausnahmsweise von verweichlichten Männern, bes. Stutzern getragen, aber die allgemeine Hauptbedeckung der Asiaten, bei den Lydiern, Phrygiern, Arabern usw., der Turban, die Mitra, Lucil. 71. Lucr. 4, 1121. Cic. de har. resp. 44 u. in Clod. et Cur. 5. fr. 1. p. 30, 2 K. Verg. Aen. 2, 416 u. 9, 616. Prop. 4, 2, 31. Iuven. 3, 66. Paul. dig. 34, 2, 26. Arnob. 2, 23. Vulg. exod. 29, 9 u. 39, 26: mitra Melitensis, Varro sat. Men. 432: mitrae versicolores, Plin. 35, 58: crispantes mitrae, Hieron. epist. 54, 7. – II) ein Schiffseil, Tau, Ps. Tert. de Iona et Ninive 42; vgl. Isidor. orig. 19, 4. § 6.

mitra [CL < μίτρα], ~um 1 head-dress; b (for Gilbertine nun). ~as, i. ornamenta pectoris vel corona Gl. Bodl. 46; alterius mitra crines mitrare caveto D. Bec. 1177; 1239 faciatis etiam emi unam ~am de precio xx marcarum et eam salvo custodiat donec rex aliud inde disposuerit Cl 155; amicilium dicitur fascia capitis, sc. peplum, a bende or a fyllet; id est ~a virginalis (Ortus Vocabulorum) CathA 27n; mundum reticulum mitrum [gl.: bonet] crinale mitella Stanbr. Vulg. p. 9.  b habent etiam ‥ si voluerint [monache] et ~as lineas, nigras et forratas de agninis pellibus Inst. Sempr. *lxxix. 2 hat or turban worn by Jewish priest. tyara vel ~a, de ipsa erat caput coopertum in modum pilleoli facta, et sic volvebatur circa caput et subtus humerale refectus Comm. Cant. I 295; sacerdotes quippe in lege ~a tegebant caput, ad similitudinem cujus huic raditur caput Simil. Anselmi 93. 3 mitre: a (worn by bishop); b (worn by abbot). a ipse autem in vestitu candido, desuper amictus pallio, ~a caesariem constrictus, diem transigebant Osb. V. Elph. 130; a parte posteriori [corone] pendebant albe due tanquam vitte instar episcopalis ~e descendentes usque ad renes ejus V. Chris. Marky. 52; idem significat ~a episcopalis per duo cornua Beleth RDO 134. 139A; 1243 fieri ‥ faciant duo paria ~arum episcopalium Cl 32; pontificis mitra duo testamenta figurat Garl. Myst. Eccl. 448; 1282 mithra bona cum cirothecis Reg. Wint. 382; 1388 ad respondendum et satisfaciendum domino regi de quodam ~o quod fuit Alexandri archiepiscopi Ebor’ eidem W. invadiato pro c iiijxx xiij li. vj s. viij d. LTR Mem r. 19; ~a cum indumento pontificali Elmh. Cant. 27.  b putatis in susceptione mitre, sandaliorum et annuli vestri monasterii dignitatem plurimum promovisse P. Blois Ep. 90 284B; abbatem ab usu ~e ‥ suspendit Diceto YH 405; 1245 fili abbas, ‥ utendi ~a et anulo ‥ concedimus ‥ facultatem (Lit. Papae) Mon. Hib. & Scot. 44a; 1266 abbates ‥ quibus mittre usus est ‥ concessus (v. aurifrigiatus a); 1361 ~um et baculum et alias dignitates que abbati pertinebant totaliter sequestrabant (Chr. Abingd.) EHR XXVI 737; Alexander II ‥ abbati Egelsino jussit ~a et sandaliis uti Elmh. Cant. 89; dedit ecclesie Westmonasteriensi unam ~am bonam de albis parellis Flete Westm. 135. 4 (dist. as): a (simplex, without ornament); b (aurifrigiata or sim., with orphreys); c (pretiosa or sim., with precious stones). a 1368 cum uno anulo pontificali aut simplici ~a aurifrasiata vel alio jocali competente (Test. Episc.) Reg. Exon. 1550; lego cuilibet ‥ coepiscopo Cantuariensis provincie unam ~am simplicem, qui non habuerit me vivente Ib. 1553.  b c1390 metram auream ‥ gemmis ‥ ornatam (MS Lambeth 20 f. 166) Invent. Ch. Ch. 110n; 1530 ~a frittata (v. 1 frettare 3).  c casula togatus aurea, ~a ‥ redimitus ardenti cristallina R. Cold. Cuthb. 68 p. 140; 1206 ~am quandam cum lapidibus preciosis Pat I 58b; 1368 illam preciosam ~am quam emi ab executoribus predecessoris mei ‥ pro cc m. sterlingorum et postea cum cxx marcis Parisius totaliter reparari et meliorari feci (Test. Episc.) Reg. Exon. 1552; dedit ecclesie cathedrali Eboracensi unam pretiosam ~am Chr. Pont. Ebor. C 440; ~am, seu tiaram rectius, gemmis ac margaritis ‥ variegatam Ferr. Kinloss 75. 5 mitre-square, square with blade set at an angle of 45o for making mitred joints. 1377 in expens’ sacriste apud Aukland pro ~o et meremio, iiij s. vj d. Ac. Durh. 386.

mĭtra, (12) æ, f. (μίτρα), ¶ 1 mitre, coiffure des Orientaux : Cic. Har. 44 ¶ 2 câble de navire : Ps. Tert. Jona 44.

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mitra ae, f

• , μίτρα, a headband, coif, turban (an Asiatic head-dress), C., V., Pr., Iu.

MITRA

MITRA(μίτρα) means in its first sense a band of any kind, and accordingly it was (1) the Homeric μίτρη, a band beneath the θώρηξ over the lower part of the abdomen [LORICAp. 78 a ], and (2) is equivalent to the ζώνη παρθενική, the maiden's girdle [CINGULUMVol. 1. p. 427), so that the word ἄμιτρος (Callim. Diom. 14) means a young girl, not old enough for a girdle, not yet of a marriageable age.

The word is then used for a band fastening the hair; thence developing into a regular head-dress for women, with lappets hanging over the ears, apparently something like a κρήδεμνον or the CALAUTICA(Serv. ad Aen. 9.616; see

COMAVol. 1. p. 449, and the woodcuts on that page): but it does not seem to have been worn either in Greece or at Rome by women of a respectable class. (See Serv. l. c. and the passages cited by Professor Mayor on Juven. 3.66.) Cicero speaks indignantly of the mitella being worn by effeminate young men (pro Rabir. Post. 10, 26).

As an Asiatic head-dress it was sometimes shaped like a turban, as in the mosaic of the battle of Issus, sometimes in a peaked form, as in the woodcut from the Aeginetan sculptures representing Paris; also with lappets (the redimicula of Verg. l. c.), as is well shown in a vase-painting ap. Baumeister, Denkm. fig. 1318: from this Asiatic head-dress the episcopal mitre was a very late development. In the LXX. in Ex. 28.33 and some other passages the word μίτρα renders the priestly cap which is commonly called κίδαρις. It is noticeable that the ecclesiastical mitre of the Middle Ages is by some ecclesiastical writers called a Phrygium. (Marriott, Vestiarium Christ. p. 220.) [TIARA]

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Mitra

(μίτρα). (1) A band of of any kind.

(2) A head-dress, something like a turban.

(3) A kerchief which women wore round the head. See calantica; coma.

mitra μίτρα

• a floppy hat sometimes worn under a helmet
• a name given to a broad hairband worn by women
• a Persian deity identified with Aphrodite: Hdt. 1.131