infula

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnfula. === Noun === infula (plural infulas or infulae) A fillet of white wool, worn on the head by ancient Roman priests. A head covering worn by early Christian priests. A ribbon on a bishop's mitre. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Fulani, unfail == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin īnfula. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈin.fu.la/ Rhymes: -infula Hyphenation: ìn‧fu‧la === Noun === infula f (plural infule) infula === Anagrams === fulani == Latin == === Etymology === Perhaps related to filum with an earlier īnfila. For the ablaut, compare the forms recupero and recipero. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly: === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈĩː.fʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiɱ.fu.la] === Noun === īnfula f (genitive īnfulae); first declension A fillet of white and red wool, knotted at intervals with a ribbon (vitta) as a braid and worn on the head by ancient Roman priests. A head covering worn by early Christian priests. A ribbon on a bishop's mitre. a mark of distinction, token, recognition ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “infula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “infula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "infula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “infula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “infula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “infula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin