mantele
Βίου δικαίου γίγνεται τέλος καλόν → Vitae colentis aequa, pulcher exitus → Ein Leben, das gerecht verläuft, das endet schön
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mantēle: (mantīle), is, n., and mantēlĭum (mantīlĭum), ii, n. manus and tela, properly a cloth for the hand,
I a towel, napkin.
I Lit.: mantelium, ubi manus terguntur, Varr. L. L. 6, § 85 Müll.: tonsisque ferunt mantelia villis, Verg. A. 1, 702 (v. l. mantilia); id. G. 4, 377; Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 12.—
II Transf., a table-cloth (postclass.): mantelia nunc pro operiendis mensis sunt: quae, ut nomen ipsum indicat, olim tergendis manibus praebebantur, Isid. Orig. 19, 266; in form mantile, Treb. Galb. 16, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mantēlĕ¹⁴ (-tīlĕ), is, n., Varro L. 6, 85 et mantēlĭum, ĭī, n., essuie-mains, serviette : Virg. G. 4, 377 ; Plin. 7, 12 || nappe : Isid. Orig. 19, 26, 6.
