linteus

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

lintĕus, a, um, adj. [linum],

linen- : lintea vestis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146; Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 8: tunica, Liv. 9, 40: Lintei libri, an ancient chronicle of the Roman people, which was written on linen, and preserved in the temple of Juno Moneta : Macer Auctor est et in foedere Ardeatino et in linteis libris ad Monetae inventa, Liv. 4, 7, 12; 4, 20, 8; 4, 23, 2; cf. id. 10, 38, 6: postea publica monumenta plumbeis voluminibus mox et privata linteis confici coepta sunt, Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 69; Symm. Ep. 4, 34; Vop. Aur. 1 and 8: thorax, a linen breastplate , = λινοθώραξ, Liv. 4, 20, 7: loricae, Nep. Iph. 1.

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