Meaning of mantele | Babel Free

Definitions

1. cloth to wipe hands or mouth, towel, napkin
   declension-3
2. tablecloth
   declension-3, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Dant famuli manibus lymphas, Cereremque canistris”

The servants give the hands waters, and deal corn from wicker baskets, and bring towels of smooth hair.

“Ac ne eius praetereatur miseranda solertia, veris tempore cubicula de rosis fecit. De pomis castella composuit. Uvas triennio servavit. Hieme summa melones exhibuit. Mustum quem ad modum toto anno haberetur, docuit. Ficos virides et poma ex arboribus recentia semper alienis mensibus praebuit. Mantelibus aureis semper stravit. Gemmata vasa fecit eademque aurea.”

Lest his pitiable skills be left unmentioned, he used in spring-time to make sleeping-places of roses, and built castles of apples, preserved grapes for three years, and served melons in the depth of winter. He showed how new wine could be had all the whole year, and he could not but always serve out of season green figs and apples fresh from the trees, and he always spread his tables with golden covers. He made jewelled vessels, and golden ones too.

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