paenula

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenula.

Noun

paenula (plural paenulas or paenulae)

1. (historical) A kind of cloak or mantle used by Romans.
   • 1999, Glen Warren Bowersock, Peter Brown, Oleg Grabar, Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World, Harvard University Press (→ISBN), page 381

     The paenula, another type of cloak, was less bulky. It was triangular, closed in front, and had a V-shaped opening for the head. The paenula, being a garment designed for travelers, was shorter than the lacerna and the pallium.

   • 2002, Barbara Dee Baumgarten, Vestments for All Seasons, Church Publishing, Inc. (→ISBN), page 17

     The Romans were punctilious about dress and distinguished between the paenula of the poor, the toga worn by Roman citizens, and the chlamys, the short cloak worn by soldiers. While accessible to all first-century Romans, the paenula was […]

Anagrams

• Paulena

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φαινόλη (phainólē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpae̯.nu.la/, [ˈpae̯.nʊ.ɫa]

Noun

paenula f (genitive paenulae); first declension

1. A kind of sleeveless cloak or mantle with an opening for the head, worn on journeys or in rainy weather.
2. (by extension) A covering, cover, envelope, protection.

References

• paenula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paenula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paenula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• paenula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paenula in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin