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.