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Morphology Lemmata tunica (external link: tunica )Forms: tunica (data provider: perseus), tunicae (data provider: perseus), tunicaeque (data provider: perseus), tunicam (data provider: perseus), tunicamque (data provider: perseus), tunicaque (data provider: perseus), tunicarum (data provider: perseus), tunicas (data provider: perseus), tunicasque (data provider: perseus), tunicasve (data provider: perseus), tunicis (data provider: perseus), tunicisque (data provider: perseus), tunicisve (data provider: perseus)tunico (external link: tunico )Forms: tunica (data provider: perseus), tunicaque (data provider: perseus), tunicas (data provider: perseus), tunicasque (data provider: perseus), tunicasve (data provider: perseus), tunicata (data provider: perseus), tunicati (data provider: perseus), tunicatorum (data provider: perseus), tunicatos (data provider: perseus), tunicatum (data provider: perseus), tunicatus (data provider: perseus), tunico (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary tunica tŭnĭca, ae, f. [perh. for tog-nica, from tego], an under-garment of the Romans worn by both sexes , a tunic.
I. Lit. , Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 46 ; 5, 2, 60 ; id. Mil. 3, 1, 93 ; 5, 30 ; id. Pers. 1, 3, 75 ; Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60 ; id. de Or. 2, 47, 195 ; Hor. S. 1, 2, 132 ; id. Ep. 1, 1, 96 ; 1, 18, 33 .—A tunic with long sleeves was thought effeminate, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 48 ; Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22 ; Suet. Calig. 52 ; Gell. 7, 12, 4 : et tunicae manicas habent , Verg. A. 9, 616 : manicata , Curt. 3, 3, 13 ; cf. Plin. 8, 48, 74, 194 : tunicas mutare cottidie , Hier. Ep. 22, 32 .—Prov.: tunica propior pallio est, my tunic is nearer than my cloak (like the Engl. near is my shirt , but nearer is my skin ), Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30 .—
II. Transf. , a coating , skin , tegument , membrane , husk , peel , etc., = velamentum, membrana: se medio trudunt de cortice gemmae Et tenues rumpunt tunicas , Verg. G. 2, 75 : cum teretes ponunt tunicas aestate cicadae , Lucr. 4, 58 ; so, oculorum , Cels. 7, 7, 14 ; Plin. 11, 37, 54, 147 : boletorum , id. 22, 22, 46, 93 : corticis , id. 24, 3, 3, 7 ; cf.: inter corticem ac lignum tenues tunicae multiplici membranā , id. 16, 14, 25, 65 ; 16, 36, 65, 163 . tunico tŭnĭco, no perf. , ātum, 1, v. a. [tunica], to clothe with a tunic.
I. In the verb. finit. only once: tunicare homulum, Varr. ap. Non. 182, 17 .—
II. In part. perf. (freq. and class.): tŭnĭcātus, a, um, clothed with a tunic , Cic. Cael. 5, 11 ; cf. in poet. transf., of life in the country: o tunicata quies! Mart. 10, 51, 6 .—Of the common people, who went clothed simply with the tunic: novistin' tu illunc tunicatum hominem? Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 2 : qui metus erat tunicatorum illorum? Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 94 : popellus , Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 65 ; Tac. Or. 7 .—So of the Carthaginians: juventus, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 12 (Ann. v. 331 Vahl.).—
B. Transf. , covered with a coat , skin , or peel , coated : tunicatum caepe , Pers. 4, 3 .
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