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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Papilio

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

PAPIL'IO. In its primary sense, a butterfly; whence the name was transferred to a military tent, either because the curtains with which it was closed in front, when set open, were fastened up at the sides in such a manner as to present an appearance like the wings of a butterfly, as observable in the annexed example (Papilio/1.1), from the column of Trajan; or, possibly, because it was made of richer materials and more varied colours than the common tent (tentorium). Lamprid. Alex. Sev. 51. Spart. Pescenn. 11. Veg. Mil. i. 3.

  • Papilio/1.1
    Papilio/1.1

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