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palliolum

palliolum, a small Greek mantle, little cloak

pallĭŏlum, i, n. dim. [pallium].
  • Lit., a small Greek mantle or cloak: saepe est etiam sub palliolo sordido sapientia, Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56: palliolum in collum conice, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 10 (190): ferrugineum, id. Mil. 4, 4, 42 (1178); Mart. 11, 27, 8: opertus palliolo, Ap. Met. 1, 19, 18; Mart. 11, 27, 8; Juv. 3, 95.—
  • II Transf., a covering for the head, a hood: palliolum, sicut fascias et focalia et aurium ligamenta, sola excusare potest valetudo, Quint. 11, 3, 144; Ov. A. A. 1, 734; Sen. Q. N. 4, 13, 9.

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