napurae

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

napurae, ārum, f.,

straw ropes : nectere ligare significat ... pontifex minor ex stramentis napuras nectito, id est funiculos facito, quibus sues annectantur, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. nectere, p. 165 Müll.; cf. id. ib. p. 169.