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

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Redimicŭlum

A long lappet, or fillet attached to the mitra (Isidor. Orig. xix. 31, 5; Verg. Aen. ix. 616), or any other head-dress of similar character, for the purpose of fastening it under the chin; but

Redimiculum. (Pompeian painting.)

the whole of which, when loose, would hang down over the shoulders and breast (Ovid, Met. x. 265). See Mitra.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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