vitta

vitta ae, f

VI-, a band, fillet, chaplet, headband (worn by victims led to sacrifice; by priests as a badge of office; by brides and vestals as an emblem of chastity): circum tempora vittae (as sacrificial decorations), V.: Vitta coercuerat alba capillos, O.: Omnibus his cinguntur tempora vittā, V.: vittae tenues, insigne pudoris, O.— An altar band, chaplet placed on an altar : molli cinge haec altaria vittā, V.— A chaplet worn by a suppliant, badge of supplication : Praeferimus manibus vittas ac verba precantia, V.: decorae Supplice vittā, H.