mĭtella, ae, f. dim. [mitra], a headband, a kind of turban.
I Lit.: nobiles adulescentes Neapoli cum mitellā saepe vidimus, Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 26 (dub.): copa Syrisca caput Graia redimita mitella, Verg. Cop. 1: mitellā textili contecto capite, Ap. Met. 7, 8, 2; mitellis et crocotis et carbasinis et bombycinis injecti, id. ib. 8, 27, 3.—
II Transf., a bandage for the arm, Cels. 8, 10, 3.