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mĭtella , ae, f. dim. mitra,
I.a headband, a kind of turban.
I. Lit.: “nobiles adulescentes Neapoli cum mitellā saepe vidimus,” Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 26 (dub.): “copa Syrisca caput Graia redimita mitella,” Verg. Cop. 1: “mitellā textili contecto capite,” App. M. 7, p. 147: “mitellis et crocotis et carbasinis et bombycinis injecti,” id. ib. 8, p. 214, 5.—
II. Transf., a bandage for the arm, Cels. 8, 10, 3.
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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    • Cicero, For Rabirius Postumus, 10.26
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 8.10
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