periscelis

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

pĕriscĕlis, ĭdis, f., = περισκελίς,

a leg-band , anklet , worn by females: saepe periscelidem raptam sibi flentis, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 56; v. Orell. ad h. l.; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 31, 19; Hier. Ep. 64, 10: tortae, Petr. 67, 4; Vulg. Num. 31, 50.

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