mastruga

mastruga
mastrūca ( mastrūga ), ae, f. [Sardinian; v. infra], a garment made of skins, a sheepskin, a skin:

mastrucam, quod Sardum est, inridens Cicero ex industria dixit,

 Quint. 1, 5, 8:

mastruca vestis Sardonica ex pelliculis ferarum, de qua Cicero pro Scauro: Quem purpura regalis non commovit, eum Sardorum mastruca mutavit?

 Isid. Orig. 19, 23, 5 (Orell. Cic. Fragm. Scaur. § 45, d, p. 268); so Prud. Symm. 2, 695.—

As a term of abuse,

 a sheepskin, a ninny, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 34.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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  • MASTRUCA — apud Arnobium adv. Gentes l. 2. Indicet, in quos habitus vestis stragula facta sit, mitra, strophium calautica, mantele, mastruca, soccus, solea, calceus? Seu Mastruga, Sardorum vox. Quintilianus Orat, Institut. l. 1. c. 5. Mastrugam, quod Sardum …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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