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paenŭla (pēn- ), ae, f.,
I.a woollen outer garment covering the whole body, a kind of cloak or mantle, worn on journeys, and also in the city in rainy weather (cf.: laena, lacerna): paenulam in caput induce, ne te noscat, Pompon. ap. Non. 537, 8; “so Lucil. ib.: paenulā irretitus,Cic. Mil. 20, 54: “incolumi Rhodos ... facit quod Paenula solstitio,Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 18; Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 190: non quaerenda est homini, qui habet virtutem, paenula in imbri, Varr. ap. Non. 537, 12: et multo stillaret paenula nimbo, Juv. 5, 79; cf. “Varr. ap. Non. l. l.: paenulis intra Urbem frigoris causā ut senes uterentur, permisit ... matronas tamen intra Urbem paenulis uti vetuit,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 27; Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 13.—In later times also worn by orators, Tac. Or. 39.—Prov.: paenulam alicui scindere, i. e. to press one strongly to stay (opp.: “vix paenulam alicui attingere),Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—
II. Transf., a covering, cover, envelope, protection, Varr. ap. Non. 448, 27: “libertas paenulast tergo tuo,Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 75 Lorenz: “ne paenula desit olivis,Mart. 13, 1, 1: “supra catinum paenula, ut infundibulum inversum, est attemperata,Vitr. 10, 12.
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