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|lshtext=<b>bractĕa</b>: (also brattĕa), ae, f. perh. kindr. [[with]] [[βράχω]], to [[rattle]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[thin]] [[plate]] of [[metal]], [[gold]]-[[leaf]] (thicker plates of [[metal]] are called laminae; cf. Isid. Orig. 16, 18, 2: [[bractea]] dicitur tenuissima [[lamina]]): [[aranea]] bratteaque auri, * Lucr. 4, 729: leni crepitabat [[brattea]] [[vento]], Verg. A. 6, 209: inspice, [[quam]] [[tenuis]] [[bractea]] ligna tegat, Ov. A. A. 3, 232; Mart. 8, 33, 6; Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 61; cf. argenteae, id. 37, 7, 31, § 105.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Poet.: viva, the [[golden]] [[fleece]] of Spanish [[sheep]], Mart. 9, 62, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> [[Meton]]., [[thin]] layers of [[wood]], veneers (opp. [[lamina]]): ligni, Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 232.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[show]], [[glitter]]: eloquentiae, Sol. praef. 2.
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