peripetasmata
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pĕrĭpĕtasmăta: um, n., = περιπετάσματα,
I coverings, curtains, hangings, carpets (class.; syn.: aulaeum, stragulum, tapes): Attalica peripetasmata, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27: de peripetasmatis, id. ib. 2, 4, 12, § 28.
