cidaris
πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cĭdăris: is, f. (cĭdar, aris, n., Auct. Itin. Alex. M. p. 64 Mai) [Persian; Heb. ; Gr. κίδαρις], = τιάρα ὀρθή,
I an ornament for the head of Persian kings, a diadem, tiara: cidarim Persae vocabant regium capitis insigne, Curt. 3, 3, 19.—
B The crown of the Prince of Israel (in prophetic vision), Vulg. Ezech. 21, 26.—
II A head-dress of the high-priest of the Jews (cf. the Talmud, ), Hier. Ep. 64, n. 3; id. in Ezech. 7, 21, 25; Lact. 4, 14, 8 (as transl. of the Heb. , Vulg. Zach. 3, 5); Vulg. Lev. 8, 9; 16, 4 al.
Latin > German (Georges)
cidaris, is, Akk. im, f. (κίδαρις; ein persisches Wort, hebr. רתכ), der niedrige Turban, das Barett (von der tiara dadurch verschieden, daß diese in die Höhe stand u. oben spitz zulief), als Kopfschmuck, a) der persischen Könige, Curt. 3, 3 (8), 19: Nbf. cidara, Augustin. quaest. in exod. 123: Nbf. cidar, n., Auct. itin. Alex. M. 26 (64). Ven. Fort. 2, 9, 33. – b) des jüdischen Hohenpriesters, Eccl. (s. Rönsch Itala p. 240).
