Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

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Instĭta

（περιπόδιον).

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1.

A flounce or hem attached to the stola (q. v.) of the Roman matron at the bottom of the skirt (Hor. Sat. i. 2, 29; Ovid, A. A. i. 32).

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2.

A train.

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3.

A fillet or ribbon tied to the Bacchic thyrsus ( Theb. vii. 654).

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4.

（τόνοι, ἐπίτονοι). The bands of a bedstead used to support the mattress (Petron. 97).

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5.

Any band or bandage (Petron. 20).