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|lshtext=<b>aulaeum</b>: i, n., = [[αὐλαία]] (Plut.),<br /><b>I</b> a [[splendidly]] [[wrought]] or [[embroidered]] [[stuff]], [[tapestry]], arras, esp. a [[covering]], a curtain, [[hangings]]: aulaea [[genus]] [[vestis]] peregrinum, Varr. de Vita populi Rom. lib. III.; Non. p. 537 sq.: aulaea dicta sunt ab aulā Attali, in quā [[primum]] inventa sunt [[vela]] ingentia, Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 25.<br /><b>I</b> A curtain, [[canopy]]: suspensa aulaea, Hor. S. 2, 8, 54; and so Prop. 3, 30, 12.—In partic., the curtain of a [[theatre]]; [[which]], [[among]] the ancients, [[contrary]] to [[modern]] [[usage]], [[was]] lowered from the [[ceiling]] to the [[floor]] at the [[beginning]] of a [[piece]] or [[act]], and at the [[conclusion]] [[was]] [[drawn]] up; cf. Smith, Dict. Antiq.; [[hence]] the [[expression]], [[aulaeum]] tollitur, is [[drawn]] up, at the [[end]] of a [[piece]] ([[act]]), Cic. Cael. 27, 65; Ov. M. 3, 111; on the contr. mittitur, is dropped, at the [[beginning]], Phaedr. 5, 7, 23. Usually [[such]] curtains were [[wrought]] [[with]] the figures of gods or men, esp. of heroes, and in [[drawing]] up the curtain, the [[upper]] [[part]] of the figures would [[first]] [[become]] [[visible]], [[then]] the [[lower]] parts in [[succession]], appearing, as it were, [[themselves]] to [[draw]] up the curtain; [[hence]], utque Purpurea intexti tollant aulaea [[Britanni]], and [[how]] the Britons [[woven]] [[upon]] it [[lift]] the [[purple]] curtain, Verg. G. 3, 25 Voss; cf. also Ov. M. l. l. Bach.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[covering]] for beds and sofas, [[tapestry]]: aulaeis jam se [[regina]] superbis Aurea composuit spondā, Verg. A. 1, 697: Cenae [[sine]] aulaeis et ostro, Hor. C. 3, 29, 15; Curt. 8, 5, 21; 8, 9, 15.—<br /><b>III</b> The drapery of a [[heavy]] [[upper]] [[garment]], pictae Sarrana ferentem Ex umeris aulaea togae, the folds of his [[embroidered]] [[toga]], Juv. 10, 39.

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|georg=aulaeum, ī, n. (αυλαία, ἡ), die prachtvolle, [[meist]] gestickte od. [[bunt]] durchwebte [[Decke]], [[Purpurdecke]] [[als]] [[Vorhang]], [[Überhang]], [[Teppich]], gew. im Plur., a) übh.: [[aulaea]] Attalica, Varr. fr., Val. Max. u.a.: [[aulaea]] superba, Verg.: [[aulaea]] purpurā auroque fulgentia, Curt.: [[aulaea]] lectis obducere, Curt.: exsertare aurem [[subinde]] per [[aulaeum]], Amm.: im Bilde, [[omnia]] [[aulaea]] reducere, Augustin. c. sec. resp. Iulian. 1, 48 in. – b) [[als]] eine [[Art]] »[[Baldachin]]«, da [[bei]] den Alten in den Sälen, die keine kostbaren Decken (lacunaria) hatten, der Reinlichkeit ([[damit]] kein [[Staub]] herabfalle) und der [[Pracht]] [[wegen]] Purpurdecken an der [[Decke]] aufgespannt wurden, Hor. carm. 3, 29, 15; [[sat]]. 2, 8, 54; vgl. Prop. 3, 32, 12. – c) [[als]] [[Theatervorhang]], der [[bei]] den Alten, [[wie]] die [[Fenster]] an unsern [[Wagen]], [[unten]] befestigt war, dah. beim Anfange [[des]] Stückes od. Aktes herabgelassen wurde, [[aulaeum]] premitur, Hor. ep. 2, 1, 189, od. mittitur, Phaedr. 5, 7, 23; [[hingegen]] beim [[Ende]] [[des]] Stückes hinaufgezogen, [[aulaeum]] tollitur, Cic. Cael. 65. Ov. [[met]]. 3, 111. Später [[jedoch]], [[wie]] [[bei]] [[uns]], [[aulaeum]] deponitur, der [[Vorhang]] fällt [beim Schlusse [[des]] Stückes], Amm. 16, 6, 3; 28, 6, 29. Vgl. [[auch]] [[aulaeum]] tragicum dimovere, Apul. [[met]]. 1, 8, u. [[aulaeum]] subducere, Apul. [[met]]. 10, 29: [[aulaea]] (die aufgezogenen V.) miranda monstrantia, Amm. 16, 12, 57. Gew. waren solchen Vorhängen Götter- od. Menschen-, [[bes]]. Heldenfiguren eingewebt, die [[gleichsam]] den [[Vorhang]] heraufzuziehen schienen; dah. utque purpurea intexti tollant [[aulaea]] [[Britanni]], und [[des]] Vorhangs [[Purpur]] rauscht aufgezogen [[von]] eingewebten Britanniern, Verg. georg. 3, 25. – d) [[sarkastisch]] v. einem [[übertrieben]] weiten Obergewande, pictae Sarrana [[aulaea]] togae, Iuven. 10, 39. – / Nbf. [[aulaea]], ae, f., Pacian. epist. 3, 27.

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