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noun

sĕgestre

gen. sĕgestris · gender neuter · decl. 3rd
(collat. form , , , Varr. L. L. 5, § 166 Müll.: , , , Edict. Diocl. p. 23)
a covering; wrapper; a sort of mantle •
a covering, wrapper of straw or hides for shielding goods or persons from the weather: segestre, διφθέρα, διφθέρα πλοίου, Gloss. Vet.—Sing.: segestre, Lucil. ap. Non. 537, 10.—Plur., Varr. ap. Non. 11, 16; Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 76; Edict. Diocl. p. 23.—As a sort of mantle: segestri vel lodiculā involutus, Suet. Aug. 83.
Perseus ID: n43340 Key: segestre