Meaning of petalum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. metal (usually gold) leaf or plate (a thin sheet of, usually precious, metal)
   Late-Latin, declension-2, neuter
2. tzitz (a golden frontlet inscribed with the Tetragrammaton, as worn by the High Priest of Israel)
   Judaism, Late-Latin, declension-2, neuter, specifically
3. crozier (an episcopal or abbatial insigne resembling a shepherd’s crook)
   Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-2, neuter
4. husk (the inedible outer coat that surrounds the kernel of a cereal grain)
   Medieval-Latin, declension-2, neuter
5. tessera (a marble tile forming part of a mosaic)
   Medieval-Latin, declension-2, neuter
6. paving stone (a flat stone forming part of a floor)
   Medieval-Latin, declension-2, neuter
7. petal (a leaflike structure forming part of a flower’s corolla)
   New-Latin, declension-2, neuter

Examples

“Non ergo argenti squalescit spreta libella, Uncia bis senis quam pensat lancibus aequa, Quamvis auratis praecellat fibula bullis Amplius aut certe flavescant petala fulva; […]”

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“Neptunus, fama dictus regnator aquarum, Qui regit imperium ponti turgentibus undis, Falsas effigies, quas glauco marmore sculpunt Aurea seu fulva quas ornant petala fronde,”

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“Eoque ablato inferius Crucem diuerſis, ac precioſis lapidibus perornatam inſpexit, de qua tractis quatuor petalis, in quibus gemmæ clauſæ erant miræ magnitudinis, & ineffabilem portionem ſalutaris ligni Dominicæ Crucis inuenit.”

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“Nam reliquorum trium altarium facies veteribus tabulis à tribus partibus adornatæ ſunt, quatuor etiam trabes propter ciburium altaris ſimili modo ſculpto, ac deaurato argento extrinſecus induit; ab intus vero petalis & coloribus decoravit, e quibus duæ habent cubitos in longitudine ſex libras viginti, & viginti, duæ vero aliæ cubitos quatuor ac ſemis, libras viginti & viginti: ſex etiam candelabra magna tres cubitos altitudinis habentia de productis ac ſculptis argento laminis fecit, ana ſex vel quinque librarum, quæ videlicet in feſtis præcipuis ante altare in directa linea poſita accendi cum maximis faculis debeant.”

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“Petalum aurea lammina in fronte pontificis, quae nomen Dei tetragrammaton Hebraicis litteris habebat scriptum.”

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“Facies et feminalia linea, etc. Ad utrosque simul, et Aaron scilicet et filios ejus, sicut etiam ipsa verba manifeste probant, pertinet; sicque fit ut Aaron ipse cunctis quæ commemorantur octo vestibus induatur, feminalibus videlicet lineis, tunica linea, hyacinthina superhumerali, rationali, balteo, tiara, petalo aureo.”

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“At vero summi tiara pontificis excellentior erat, et, præter hæc laminam auream, quam petalum vocant, fronti habebat insertam; in qua nomen Dei, quod apud Hebræos ineffabile dicitur, scriptum erat.”

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“Petalum.a peto tis.ḋꝛ hoc petalũ li. i. foꝛma marmoꝛea inſtar teſſere quadrata. vnde pauimenta temploꝝ vel domoꝝ ⁊ palatioꝝ quondã ſternebãtur. Joſephꝰ in .viij. Strauit, aũt pauimẽtũ tẽpli petalis aureis. Iteꝫ petalũ eſt lamina aurea in fronte vel in pectoꝛe pontificis: que illud nomen dei ineffabile tetragrãmaton q̃ttuoꝛ litteris hebꝛaice habebat ſcriptũ. Item a peto tis.ḋꝛ hic petalꝰ li. equus q̇ habet pedes albos.”

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“Frater Robertus, noſtro tempore eccleſiæ S. Urſmari ædituus, baculum recurvum (quem plerique cambuttam, alii petalum vocant) quaſi à S. Urſmaro geſtatum & ſic proprium, argento fabricavit; petiitque à nobis, ut aliquantulum de corpore ipſius, ad majorem populi venerationem, baculo illi inſereremus.”

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“Et dicunt᷑ petaloydes a petalũ petali. ꝙ ē coꝛtex tritici ⁊ idos foꝛma coꝛticis tritici excoꝛticati.”

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“⸿ Petala, cortices tritici.”

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“Petalia, i. cortices tritici.”

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“Petalie, i. cortex frumenti.”

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“Item a peto hoc petalum, li ·i· forma marmorea ad instar tesserae quadrata, unde pavimenta templorum et palaciorum quondam sternebantur; unde Iosephus in octavo: stravit autem pavimentum templi petalis aureis; et hoc petaurum, ri ·i· quidam ludus; unde Iuvenalis: an magni oblectant animum iactata petauro.”

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“Pauyngston, or pathyng ston: Petalum, -i; neut., 2 decl., ‘catholicon.’”

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“[Q]uia verbum φύλλα pro frondibus plantarum propriè acceptum putamus, quæ etiam latinè folia dicuntur, nos floris foliola, ad differentiam foliorum, plantæ frondium ſcilicet, ϖέταλα dici magis propriè cenſuimus: ſic enim Dioſcorides Roſæ florum foliola denominauit in cap. de Vnguent. roſac. & etiam Iſopyri florum folia, ad differentiam frondium plantæ, quas verbo φύλλα diſtinxit. Sic etiam Alcman Poëta Chryſanthemi florum folia vmbonem coronantia denominauit his verbis,     Χρύσεον ὄρμον ἔχον, ῥαδινὰν ϖετάλοισι ϰάχλαν.     Aureum torquen habens, teneram petalis Cachlam.”

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