pannus, i, m. (neutr. collat. form pannum, i, Nov. ap. Non. 218, 27.—Dat. and abl. plur. pannibus, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.; Pompon. ap. Non. 488, 32) [πῆνος; Dor. πᾶνος], a cloth, a garment.
I Lit.: albo Fides Velata panno, Hor. C. 1, 35, 21; Mart. 2, 46, 9: eventus viridis panni, Juv. 11, 198. —Esp. of torn, worn-out clothes, rags , tatters : pannis annisque obsitus, Ter. Eun. 236; Lucr. 6, 1269; Sen. Contr. 1, 6; id. Ep. 20, 8: rara in tenui facundia panno, Juv. 7, 145; Petr. 83 fin. —
II Transf.
A A rag : unus et alter Adsuitur pannus, Hor. A. P. 15; id. Epod. 17, 51: membraque vinxerunt tinctis ferrugine pannis, Ov. Ib. 235; Sen. Ira, 3, 19, 3; Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 114; Col. 6, 12: panno rubro fugare armentum, Gai. Inst. 3, 202.—
B A head-band , fillet , Val. Max. 7, 2, n. 5 ext.; 6, 2, n. 7.—
C A bag , satchel , Petr. 135.—
D A (perh. raglike) substance that grows on the tree aegilops, besides its acorns , Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 33. —
E Plur. , an infant's swaddling-clothes : panni infantiae, Vulg. Job, 38, 9; id. Luc. 2, 12.