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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ămŭlētum</b>: i, n. (Arab. hamalet),<br /><b>I</b> a [[sympathetic]] [[preservative]] [[against]] [[sickness]], etc., [[φυλακτήριον]], an [[amulet]] (usu. hung [[around]] the [[neck]]): veneficiorum amuleta, Plin. 29, 4, 19, § 66; so id. 30, 15, 47, § 138 al.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>amŭlētum</b>, ī, n., amulette, préservatif : Plin. 28, 38.
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{{Georges
|georg=āmūlētum, ī, n. (v. amoliri [[als]] Abwendung [[des]] Unheils, vgl. [[amolimentum]]), das [[Amulett]], der [[Talisman]] (griech. [[φυλακτήριον]], s. [[Charis]]. 105, 9. Gloss. II, 16, 39), [[ein]] sympathetisches [[Schutzmittel]] [[gegen]] [[Krankheit]] u. [[Zauberei]], gew. [[als]] Anhängsel am [[Hals]] getragen ( [[περίαμμα]]), Plin. 28, 38; 29, 66; 30, 138.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=amuletum amuleti N N :: amulet/charm (to avert evil); act which averts evil; power to avert evil
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