conopeum

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Ῥῦσέ με δεινῶν νοσημάτων, ἱερώτατε, ἱερωσύνην συναρμόσας ἐν χαρᾷ και ἐπιστήμης τὸ πολύτιμον κεφάλαιον → Deliver me from grievous afflictions, most holy one, joining sanctity together in joy with the precious fountainhead of knowledge

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cōnōpē̆um: (instead of a short
I e, sometimes cōnōpĭum), ei, n., = κωνωπεῖον>, a net of fine gauze, used originally by the Egyptians, especially about the bed, as a protection against gnats, etc.; mosquito-curtains or bars: cōnōpēum, Juv. 6, 80: cōnōpĕum (cōnōpĭum), Hor. Epod. 9, 16, and Prop. 3 (4), 11, 45. In a doubtful measure, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 8.—Hence, Engl. canopy.