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Plutarch, Moralia, 241

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ămŭlētum: i, n. (Arab. hamalet),
I 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

amŭlētum, ī, n., amulette, préservatif : Plin. 28, 38.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.