petalum

Meaning

1. Late Latinneutermetal (usually gold) leaf or plate (a thin sheet of, usually precious, metal)
   Non ergo argenti squalescit spreta libella, Uncia bis senis quam pensat lancibus aequa, Quamvis auratis praecellat fibula bullis Amplius aut certe flavescant petala fulva; […]c. 639 CE – 709 CE, Aldhelmus Meldunensis, De virginitate 205–208
   Neptunus, fama dictus regnator aquarum, Qui regit imperium ponti turgentibus undis, Falsas effigies, quas glauco marmore sculpunt Aurea seu fulva quas ornant petala fronde,c. 639 CE – 709 CE, Aldhelmus Meldunensis, De virginitate 1338–1342
2. JudaismLate Latinneuterspecificallytzitz (a golden frontlet inscribed with the Tetragrammaton, as worn by the High Priest of Israel)
   Petalum aurea lammina in fronte pontificis, quae nomen Dei tetragrammaton Hebraicis litteris habebat scriptum.c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 19.21.7
   Facies et feminalia linea, etc. Ad utrosque simul, et Aaron scilicet et filios ejus, sicut etiam ipsa verba manifeste probant, pertinet; sicque fit ut Aaron ipse cunctis quæ commemorantur octo vestibus induatur, feminalibus videlicet lineis, tunica linea, hyacinthina superhumerali, rationali, balteo, tiara, petalo aureo.c. 729 CE, Beda Presbyter, De tabernaculo 484
3. Late LatinMedieval Latinneutercrozier (an episcopal or abbatial insigne resembling a shepherd’s crook)
   Frater Robertus, noſtro tempore eccleſiæ S. Urſmari ædituus, baculum recurvum (quem plerique cambuttam, alii petalum vocant) quaſi à S. Urſmaro geſtatum & ſic proprium, argento fabricavit; petiitque à nobis, ut aliquantulum de corpore ipſius, ad majorem populi venerationem, baculo illi inſereremus.990 CE, Herigerus Lobiensis, Historia miraculorum S. Ursmari 566E
4. Medieval Latinneuterhusk (the inedible outer coat that surrounds the kernel of a cereal grain)
   Et dicunt᷑ petaloydes a petalũ petali. ꝙ ē coꝛtex tritici ⁊ idos foꝛma coꝛticis tritici excoꝛticati.c. 1240, Gilbertus Anglicus, Compendium medicinae I.66v.2
   ⸿ Petala, cortices tritici.14th century, Sinonoma Bartholomei 33
5. Medieval Latinneutertessera (a marble tile forming part of a mosaic)
   Item a peto hoc petalum, li ·i· forma marmorea ad instar tesserae quadrata, unde pavimenta templorum et palaciorum quondam sternebantur; unde Iosephus in octavo: stravit autem pavimentum templi petalis aureis; et hoc petaurum, ri ·i· quidam ludus; unde Iuvenalis: an magni oblectant animum iactata petauro.1150 – 1175, Osbernus Glocestriensis, Liber Derivationum 419–420 (s.v. “Peto”)
6. Medieval Latinneuterpaving stone (a flat stone forming part of a floor)
   Pauyngston, or pathyng ston: Petalum, -i; neut., 2 decl., ‘catholicon.’1440, Galfridus Grammaticus, Promptorium parvulorum sive clericorum dictionarius Anglo-Latinus Princeps 329
7. New Latinneuterpetal (a leaflike structure forming part of a flower’s corolla)

Declension

Origins

From Ancient Greek πέτᾰλον (pétălon, “leaf”). Unrelated to Petalicus, petallia, or Petalus.

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