plagula

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

plăgŭla, ae, f. dim. [3. plaga, C.].

I A bed-curtain , a curtain (class., but not in Cic. or Caes.): deme plagulam de lecto, Afran. ap. Non. 378, 10; Varr. ib. 86, 7: ii primum vestem stragulam pretiosam, plagulas et alia textilia Romam advexerunt, Liv. 39, 6; Suet. Tit. 10.—

II A part of a garment which is to be sewed to the other parts , a breadth (ante-class.), Varr. L. L. 9, § 79 Müll.—

B A sheet of paper (post-Aug.), Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.

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