infula Latin · revision 33865

+ {{infobox|confidence=unknown|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈĩː.fʊ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈiɱ.fu.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnfula''' ''f'' (genitive īnfulae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Wiktionary suggests it may be related to [[m|la|fīlum|t=thread]], with an older form ⟨īnfila⟩;^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short compared [[sa|भाल|tr=bhāla|t=brow]] and [[grc|φάλος|tr=phálos]], a comparison no modern source repeats.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero's Verrines have the priestesses of Ceres coming out with their headbands and sacred boughs,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Lucretius has the band around Iphigenia's hair.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a band of wool knotted at intervals with ribbons, worn on the head by priests,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) by sacrificial victims, human or animal,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and by suppliants as a sign of protection, as in Caesar and Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It was also hung on doorposts at religious ceremonies.^(OLD 2012) In prose it is normally plural.^(OLD 2012) From the sacred band came the sense of a badge of honour or of office: Cicero calls state lands the badges of empire, and the Code of Justinian has the insignia of honours.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca uses it of what commands respect.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Prudentius uses it for a priest himself.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Church Latin it is the mitre, the lappets hanging from it, and a chasuble.^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of the headbands of priestesses.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of the band of a sacrificial victim.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar, of suppliants' bands.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 348/49–c. 413 AD – Prudentius, for a priest.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A woollen headband knotted with ribbons, worn by [[m|en|priest|alt=priests]], sacrificial victims and [[m|en|suppliant|alt=suppliants]], or hung on doorways at ceremonies.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A coloured strip or band.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A badge of honour, mark of distinction; the insignia of an office.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A [[m|en|mitre]]; the lappets of a mitre; a [[m|en|chasuble]].^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exinfulō]]

+ * [[infulātus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}