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plăgŭla , ae, f. dim. 3. plaga, C..
I. A bed-curtain, a curtain (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.): deme plagulam de lecto, Afran. ap. Non. 378, 10; Varr. ib. 86, 7: “ii primum vestem stragulam pretiosam, plagulas et alia textilia Romam advexerunt,” Liv. 39, 6; Suet. Tit. 10.—
II. A part of a garment which is to be sewed to the other parts, a breadth (ante-class.), Varr. L. L. 9, § 79 Müll.—
B. A sheet of paper (post-Aug.), Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Suetonius, Divus Titus, 10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 6
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