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|lshtext=<b>mŏnīle</b>: is, n. kindr. to Sanscr. [[mani]]; Lat. [[gemma]], margarīta; Gr. [[μάννος]], [[μόννος]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[necklace]], a [[collar]] (esp. of women, [[but]] also of boys and of animals), Paul. ex Fest. p. 138 Müll.; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 3: cum ([[Eriphyle]]) vidisset [[monile]] ex [[auro]] et gemmis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39; Afran. ap. Non. 150, 28: colloque [[monile]] Baccatum, Verg. A. 1, 654; Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 44.—Plur.: monilia, jewels: toto posuere monilia collo, Juv. 2, 85: [[super]] gemmas et monilia calcare, App. M. 5, 1, p. 159: monilibus legatis, [[aurum]] vel [[argentum]] non debetur, [[nisi]], etc., Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 60.—Worn by boys: vidit in Herculeo suspensa monilia collo, Ov. H. 9, 57: ornabant [[aurata]] monilia [[collum]], id. M. 5, 52.—A [[collar]], [[worn]] by horses: [[aurea]] pectoribus demissa monilia [[pendent]], Verg. A. 7, 278; by a [[stag]], Ov. M. 10, 113.
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