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paludamentum

[ puh-loo-duh-men-tuhm ]

noun

plural paludamenta
  1. a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of paludamentum1

1695鈥1705; < Latin 辫补濒奴诲腻尘别苍迟耻尘; akin to palla
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Rome had long since outgrown her walls and ceased to contemplate them except as landmarks and conventionalities, useless but as significant as C锟絪ar's paludamentum.

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His excited soul longed for the open air, and, taking his sword, he wrapped his paludamentum around him, entered one of the skiffs fastened under the window, and, loosing it from the chain, rowed in the direction of the mysterious melody.

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Just, however, as the new-comers entered the gate, another armed band met them, moving outward; the latter being a full troop, thirty in number, of cavalry of the seventh legion, with a banner, and clarion, and Paullus Arvina at their head, in complete armor, above which he wore a rich scarlet cloak, or paludamentum, floating over his left shoulder.

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He saw a tall man with features of wonderful beauty regarding them kindly and in silence; his white paludamentum was heavily fringed with purple, and Sergius recognized him now,鈥擬arcus Marcellus, the new dictator.

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To complete the figure it should be added that on one finger he wore a large ring set with a very beautiful seal of an armed Venus; and over his loose but carefully arranged tunic was thrown a short, red mantle, caught together on the left shoulder鈥攖he paludamentum, a garment only worn by Roman military officers of the very highest rank.

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