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tĭāra , ae, f., or tĭāras , ae, m., = τιάρα or τιάρας,
I.the head-dress of the Orientals, a turban, tiara: “rectam capite tiaram gerens,” Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 8: “sceptrumque sacerque tiaras,” Verg. A. 7, 247; cf. Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 2; Ov. M. 11, 181; Val. Fl. 6, 700; Juv. 6, 516; 10, 267; Just. 1, 2, 3; App. M. 10, p. 253, 30.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.181
    • Plautus, Persa, 4.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.247
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 6.31.8
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 6.700
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