mitra
From LSJ
Ἡ γλῶσσ' ἁμαρτάνουσα τἀληθῆ λέγει → Inesse linquae veritas lapsae solet → Die Zunge, wenn sie in die Irre geht, spricht wahr
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mī̆tra: ae, f., = μίτρα.
I A headband, coif, turban of the Asiatics; in Greece and Rome worn only by women, except occasionally by effeminate young men: P. Clodius a crocotā, a mitrā ... est factus repente popularis, Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 44; Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58: picta lupa barbara mitra, Juv. 3, 66. Also worn by Bacchus, Prop. 4, 2, 31.—
II A rope (late Lat.), Tert. Carm. de Jona et Ninive, 42; cf. Isid. 19, 4, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mĭtra,¹² æ, f. (μίτρα),
1 mitre, coiffure des Orientaux : Cic. Har. 44
2 câble de navire : Ps. Tert. Jona 44.
