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pāpĭlĭo , ōnis, m. cf. πάλλω, brandish; palpitare, pila,
I.a butterfly, moth.
I. Lit.: “ferali mutant cum papilione figuram,” Ov. M. 15, 374; cf. Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65; 21, 14, 47, § 81; 28, 10, 45, § 162.—Also of other winged insects, Plin. 11, 32, 37, § 112; 11, 23, 27, § 77.—
II. Transf., a tent, pavilion: “in expeditionibus apertis papilionibus prandit atque coenavit,” Lampr. Alex. Sev. 51; Spart. Pescen. 11; Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 16; Tert. ad Mart. 3; Vulg. Exod. 33, 8; id. Num. 16, 27; id. 2 Reg. 11, 11. The Fratres Arvales also made use of such tents when making their offerings in the grove of Dia, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. n. 41.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.374
    • Old Testament, 2 Samuel, 11.11
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 33.8
    • Old Testament, Numbers, 16.27
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.112
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.65
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.77
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.81
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