noun

mĭtella

gen. mĭtellae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

a headband; turban

a headband, a kind of turban.

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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, App. M. 7, p. 147: mitellis et crocotis et carbasinis et bombycinis injecti, id. ib. 8, p. 214, 5.—

a bandage by extension

Transf., a bandage for the arm, Cels. 8, 10, 3.

Perseus ID: n29305 Key: mitella