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peplum

peplum, an outer robe, robe of state, mantle (of a woman)

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

peplum , ī, n.: a mantle, robe, or shawl worn over the other garments; the mantle used for draping the statues of Athena, 1.480.
pē̆plum, i, n., and pē̆plus, i, m., = πέπλον and πέπλος,
  • the robe of state of Minerva at Athens, with which her statue was solemnly invested every five years at the Panathenaea, Plaut. Merc. prol. 67; id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 480; Verg. Cir. 21 sq.; Stat. Th. 10, 56.—
  • II Transf.
    • A A splendid upper garment, a robe of state, either of gods or men (post-class.), Claud. Nupt. Honor. 123: imperatorium, Treb. Poll. XXX. Tyr. 23.—
    • B Still more gen., any broad upper garment, Manil. 5, 387.—
    • C A disease of the eye (by which the eye is covered or veiled, as it were), Ser. Samm. 13, 220 (al. plumbum).

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