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|lshtext=<b>phălĕrae</b>: ārum (<br /><b>I</b> neutr. phalera posita, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 18; Jan. phaleras), f., = τὰ [[φάλαρα]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[smooth]], [[shining]] [[ornament]] for the [[breast]], a [[metal]] [[disc]] or [[boss]], [[worn]] by men, esp. as a [[military]] [[decoration]]: [[phalerae]] sunt belli ornamenta, Non. 554, 15 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 29: [[phaleris]] et [[torque]] aliquem donare id. ib. 2, 3, 80: phaleras deponere, Liv. 9, 46; cf. Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 18: [[phaleris]] hic pectora fulget, Sil. 15, 255.—As a [[military]] [[mark]] of [[distinction]]: equites donati [[phaleris]], Liv. 39, 31; Verg. A. 9, 458 Heyn. and Wagn.; Juv. 16, 60.—Worn by women: [[matrona]] ornata [[phaleris]] pelagiis, P. [[Syrus]] ap. Petr. 55. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A trapping for the [[forehead]] and [[breast]] of horses, Liv. 32, 52: [[primus]] equum [[phaleris]] insignem [[victor]] habeto, Verg. A. 5, 310; Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 194; Juv. 11, 103.—As a trapping for elephants, Gell. 5, 5, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., an [[external]] [[ornament]] or [[decoration]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-[[class]]. [[prose]]): ad populum phaleras! [[trappings]] for the [[people]]! [[who]] [[allow]] [[themselves]] to be deceived by [[externals]], Pers. 3, 30.—Of [[rhetorical]] [[ornament]], Mart. Cap. 3, § 221: loquendi, Symm. Ep. 83: heroicorum, Sid. Ep. 1, 9 fin.>
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