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|lshtext=<b>pē&#774;plum</b>: i, n., and pē&#774;[[plus]], i, m., = [[πέπλον]] and [[πέπλος]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[robe]] of [[state]] of [[Minerva]] at [[Athens]], [[with]] [[which]] her [[statue]] [[was]] solemnly invested [[every]] [[five]] years at the Panathenaea, Plaut. Merc. prol. 67; id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 480; Verg. Cir. 21 sq.; Stat. Th. 10, 56.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[splendid]] [[upper]] [[garment]], a [[robe]] of [[state]], [[either]] of gods or men ([[post]]-[[class]].), Claud. Nupt. Honor. 123: imperatorium, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Still [[more]] gen., [[any]] [[broad]] [[upper]] [[garment]], Manil. 5, 387.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[disease]] of the [[eye]] (by [[which]] the [[eye]] is [[covered]] or [[veiled]], as it were), Ser. Samm. 13, 220 (al. [[plumbum]]).
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