caliendrum

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

călĭendrum (călĭandrĭum, Arn. 6, p. 209), i, n. [κάλλυντρον, ornament],

a high head-dress , made of layers of false hair; a head-dress worn by Roman women (very rare): caliendrum κόσμιον κεφθλῆς, Gloss. Philox.; * Hor. S. 1, 8, 48 (caliendrum hoc est galericulum, Porphyr., acc. to whom it was also used by Varro; cf. Varr. Sat. Men. 95, 10); Arn. l. l.; Tert. Pall. 4.

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