I.linen-: “lintea vestis,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146; Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 8: “tunica,” Liv. 9, 40: Lintei libri, an ancient chronicle of the Roman people, which was written on linen, and preserved in the temple of Juno Moneta: “Macer Auctor est et in foedere Ardeatino et in linteis libris ad Monetae inventa,” Liv. 4, 7, 12; 4, 20, 8; 4, 23, 2; cf. id. 10, 38, 6: “postea publica monumenta plumbeis voluminibus mox et privata linteis confici coepta sunt,” Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 69; Symm. Ep. 4, 34; Vop. Aur. 1 and 8: thorax, a linen breastplate, = λινοθώραξ, Liv. 4, 20, 7: “loricae,” Nep. Iph. 1.
lintĕus , a, um, adj. id.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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