pera

pēra, ae, f., = πἠρα,

• a bag, wallet (syn.: mantica, loculus): peras imposuit Juppiter nobis duas, Phaedr. 4, 10, 1: cum baculo perāque senex, of a Cynic philosopher, Mart. 4, 53, 3; cf. Ap. Apol. p. 287, 39; Vulg. 1 Reg. 17, 40; id. Luc. 10, 4.

pēra, ae, f. (πήρα), der Ranzen, Quersack, Phaedr. u.a.: pera pastoralis, Vulg. 1. regg. 17, 40. Gregor. in Iob 18, 21: pera viatoria, Placid. gloss. – als Attribut der zynischen Philosophen, pera et baculum, baculum peraque, Apul. apol. 22. Mart. 4, 53, 3: pera, baculus, Auson. epigr. 53, 1. p. 49, 1 Schenkl.

1 pera [CL < πήρα] , bag or satchel for carrying provisions, etc., usu. worn slung over the shoulder, scrip; b (fig.); c (mus in ~a, as prov. expr.; d (w. ref. toI Reg. xvii 40); e (as pilgrim’s scrip or wallet); f (in title of book); g (spec. as book-satchel); h (as money-bag); i (in gl., w. prob. conf. between ME scrype and strype strip, ornamental article of attire worn about the neck and upper part of the chest. ego [sc. sutor] emo cutes et pelles ‥ et facio ex eis ~as [OE: pusan] et marsupia Ælf. Coll. 97; ille ‥ exponit suam causam, et testem de ~a profert cartam Gosc. Edith 287; injeci manum meam in ~am quam portavi cuteam, in qua scriptum domini pape continebatur Brakelond f. 134; hec ~a, escrippe Gl. AN Ox. 344; s1201 in orationibus intentis accepit oblatam de ~a sua et super scapulam suam posuit Ann. Wint. 75; hic Diogenes ‥ utebatur propter frigus duplici pallio, et ~am habuit pro cellario W. Burley Vit. Phil. 194.  b 800 hos quinque panes et duos pisciculos ‥ de apostolicae fidei ~a prolatos, vestrae ‥ auctoritati direxi, domine mi David Alcuin Ep. 203; ave, vivi panis pera Walt. Wimb. Virgo 101.  c mus in ~a, ignis in sinu, serpens in gremio, hostes in ostio, male suos remunerant hospites Gir. EH I 15; Id. SD 28; Walt. Angl. Fab. 10. 11 ; s1251 (v. mus 1b); suos ‥ hospites male remunerant serpens in sinu, ignis in gremio, mus in ~a P. Blois Ep. 18. 68C; 1282 retributionem ‥ quam, juxta vulgare proverbium, mus in ~a, serpens in gremio, ignis in sinu, suis consueverunt hospitibus exhibere Peckham Ep. 324.  d David ‥ quinque lapides in ~am misisse sed uno Goliam stravisse memoratur Bede Sam. 652; 1166 David nunquid non stravit Allophilum lapidibus de torrente congestis in ~am pastoralem J. Sal. Ep. 193 (187 p. 234); jugiter duos [sc. lapides] habeat in ~a, hoc est dilectionem Dei et proximi sive scientiam Veteris et Novi Testamenti, et tribus Goliath sternat fidei Trinitatis auctoritate R. Niger Mil. I 16; in infirmitatibus nostris, quas ‥ collegisti de torrente mortalitatis nostre et reposuisti eas tibi in ~a tua pastorali J. Ford Serm. 9. 2; reges ad instar David ‥ unctos oleo et egenos tamen ac nihil preter pastoralem ~am habentes Ib. 19.  e pene papatum Romanum absens a civibus mercatus fuerat, ~as peregrinorum epistolis et nummis infartiens W. Malm. GR III 277; sub specie peregrinorum ~as et baculos portantes ‥ in Apuliam abierunt Ord. Vit. III 5 p. 88; peregrinus ‥ panes sibi hordeaceos comparabat, quos in ~a sua reponere consuerit R. Cold. Godr. 40; quidam peregrinus ‥ bellum pro ea arripuit eo pacto, quod si ‥ moreretur, baculum ejus et ~am privatim in camera sua custodiret G. Roman. 321; panis qui est ‥ corpus Christi est infinitum inperfeccius in natura quam ‥ minuta cujuscunque abjecti panis extrahendi de ~a pauperis peregrini Wycl. Apost. 81; presumptuose vij peregrinos se esse, cum suis ~is et baculis ‥ asserebant Meaux III 49.  f 1395 libri Anselmi: ‥ tractatus extractus de ~a Peregrini, ex procuracione fratris T. Rome sacra pagina professoris Catal. Durh. 71.  g educens ‥ librum de tribus ~is ex pelle rubricata confectis R. Cold. Cuthb. 91.  h ante litem enodetur / judicique demonstretur / pera feta cominus; / qui contendit sine pera / blas et bos est et chimera, / truncus, caper, asinus Walt. Wimb. Van. 25.  i hec ~a, A. strype WW.

2 pera [AN pere < CL petra] 1 stone (for building). 1339 ad portand’ calc’ et ~as ad manus cementariorum KR Ac 462/15 m. 2; ad portand’ ~as et morteram ad manus cementariorum Ib. m. 4. 2 pier (of bridge), one of the vertical supports of the horizontal span. tercia ~a pertinet ‥ ad episcopum civitatis ejusdem, et duas virgatas et dimidiam plancas ponere, et iij sulivas supponere (Text. Roff. f. 164v) CS 1321; 1275 constabularii Roff’ tenuerunt quendam ~am pontis Roffe ad valorem xl m. ad magnum dampnum tocius proprie communie Hund. I 221a; c1308 predictus M. et heredes sui ‥ reparabunt et sustinebunt pontem Sinolphi usque ad ~am versus aquilonem ‥ propriis sumptibus eorum RR K's Lynn I 14; a1331 episcopus ‥ debet facere primam ~am de ponte ‥ et debet invenire tres sullives, et debet plantare tres virgatas super pontem ‥ ; secunda ~a debet habere tres sullives, et debet plantare unam virgatam, et hoc debent homines de G. DCCant. p. 76; 1341 J. de L. ‥ dicit quod predicta ~a est ita diruta et confracta quod nullus, ob defectum predictarum villarum ‥ que ad reparacionem et sustentacionem illius ~e tenentur ‥ , pontem illum transire potest (CoramR) Pub. Works I 206; 1343 tenentes episcopi Roff’ ‥ faciant warfam et tam opus ligneum quam terreum usque ad secundam ~am, et sic vocatur illa parcella prima ~a pontis predicti IMisc 149/24. 3 pier in harbour, mole, breakwater, structure that provides sheltered anchorage. 1391 concessimus vobis in auxilium construccionis cujusdam ~e per vos jam noviter pro salvacione et defensione navium et batellorum Pat 332 m. 44.

pēra, (15) æ, f. (πήρα), besace : Mart. 4, 53, 3 ; Apul. Apol. 22.

pera , ae. f.
衩袋。褡褳。

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pēra ae, f

• , πήρα, a bag, wallet, Ph.

PERA

PERA(πήρα), a wallet for carrying provisions and a drinking cup, worn either slung over the shoulder and under one arm, or hanging from a belt. It was used by travellers and country-folk (Hom. Od. 13.437, 17.197-Z2, &c.), and was part of a beggar's outfit (part of the garb of Telephus, Arist. Nub. 923). In later Greek times it was adopted, along with the beggar's staff (βακτηρία) and rags, as their professional costume by the Cynics (Mart. 4.53, 3, cum baculo peraque senex: cf Diog. Laert.; Brunck, Analect. 1.223, 2.22, 28; Auson. Epig. 53). A similar wallet was worn by the sower, who slung it over his right shoulder and under his left arm (Brunck, Anal. 2.215); though a basket (cophinus) hanging from the left arm (cf. vase of Nikosthenes in Berlin Museum: Blümner, Leben und Sitten, 3. p. 150) was used for this as well as the other purposes which the wallet served.

In art the pera is most often seen in representations of Perseus slaying the Gorgon (cf. British Museum Vases, Nos. 548 and 641*). The wallet he wears was given him by the daughters of Phorcys, and is called by Hesiod (Scut. 224), Pindar, and other authors κίβισις, meaning, according to Apollodorus (Biblioth. 2.4, 2, 4), πήρα: the word being explained as Cypriote by Hesychius.

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Pera

(πήρα). A wallet or bag slung over the shoulder and hanging under the arm at the side. It was carried by beggars and peasants. See bulga.