peplum

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛpləm/ === Etymology 1 === From Latin peplum, from Ancient Greek πέπλον (péplon), accusative singular of πέπλος (péplos). ==== Noun ==== peplum (plural peplums or pepla) (Ancient Greece) A peplos, an Ancient Greek garment formed of a tubular piece of cloth folded back upon itself halfway down so that the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist. Compare the Roman palla. (Ancient Greece) A kind of women's outer garment in ancient Greece; a veil. 1837: Ralph Cudworth, D. D., The True Intellectual System of the Universe (First American Edition, with references and an account of the author by Thomas Birch, M. A. F. R. S.) And this was Neith, or Athena, that God thus described, "I am all that was, is, and shall be, and my peplum or veil, no mortal could ever uncover." […] Peplum is properly a womanish pall or veil, embroidered all over and consecrated to Minerva. 1838: The North American Review, volume XLVII The outer garment was called the peplum, and was used more for occasions of ceremony than for ordinary convenience, as it was very long and ample, and, from the manner of putting it on, must have been inconvenient to the wearer. It was sometimes wound double round the body, […] (fashion) A short overskirt cut in such a way that the sides form points. [from 20th century] (fashion) A short overskirt attached to the waist of a garment; a basque. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== peplos ==== See also ==== Palla (garment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia palla exomis himation chlamys chiton === Etymology 2 === From French péplum, from Latin peplum, from Ancient Greek πέπλων (péplōn), neuter of πέπλος (péplos). ==== Noun ==== peplum (countable and uncountable, plural peplums or pepla) (uncountable) A genre of Italian films based on historical or biblical epics. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (countable) An individual film in this genre. ===== Synonyms ===== (film genre): sword-and-sandal ===== Translations ===== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέπλον (péplon), neuter variant of πέπλος (péplos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛ.pɫũː], [ˈpɛp.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛː.plum], [ˈpɛp.lum] === Noun === peplum n (genitive peplī); second declension robe of state ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== → English: peplum → French: péplum→ English: peplum→ Spanish: péplum → Romanian: peplum → Spanish: peplum === References === “pē̆plum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin peplum. === Noun === peplum n (plural peplumuri) peplum ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin peplum. Doublet of péplum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peˈplum/ [peˈplũm] Rhymes: -um Syllabification: pe‧plum === Noun === peplum m (plural peplums) peplum