brattea
Dictionary entries
- Entry →brattea, bratteae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
gold leaf/foil, thin sheet of metal (esp. gold)/other material; veneer; show;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nativo pallent ubi flava metallo et linit Hesperium brattea viva pecus. aedibus in mediis totos amplexa penates stat..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...croci; an magis astuti derasa est ungue ministri brattea, de fulcro quam reor esse tuo? Illa potest culicem..."- P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...species auri frondentis opaca ilice, sic leni crepitabat brattea vento. corripit Aeneas extemplo avidusque refringit cunctantem, et vatis..." - P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Aurea quae splendent ornato signa theatro, Inspice, contemnes: brattea ligna tegit; Sed neque ad illa licet populo, nisi..."