peripetasma
τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pĕrĭpĕtasma,¹⁵ ătis, n. (περιπέτασμα), tapisserie, tapis, tenture : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27 || abl. pl. peripetasmatis Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28.
Latin > German (Georges)
peripetasma, atis, n. (περιπέτασμα), der Teppich, zum Überdecken des Speisesofas, Cic. Verr. 4, 27 u. 28 (wo heteroklit. Abl. Plur. peripetasmatis). Ambros. hexaëm . 3, 1. § 5 u. de Elia 10 extr. – Nach Serv. comm. in Donat. 435, 14 soll Cicero auch Genet. Plur. heteroklit. peripetasmatorum gebildet haben, was sich aber in den erhaltenen Schriften nicht findet.
Latin > English
peripetasma peripetasmatis N N :: curtain, hanging
