rag Copy link Outline I. A piece of cloth or linen, pannus, pannĭculusII. In pl., garments worn out1. panni, orum2. pannŭli, orum3. dīlābĭdae vestes • rag: I. A piece of cloth or linen, pannus, pannĭculus: v. cloth, patch. II. In pl., garments worn out: 1. panni, orum: covered with r.s, pannis obsitus, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 5: (also pannosus: v. ragged): they covered their limbs with black r.s, membraque vinxerunt tinctis ferrugine pannis, Ov. Ib. 235. 2. pannŭli, orum: App. 3. dīlābĭdae vestes: Plin. Phr.: wisdom is often clad in r.s, saepe est sub palliolo sordido sapientia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56. To deal in r.s, *negotium pannicularium exercere, pannos obsoletos [scruta] venditare. A dealer in r.s, *qui obsoletis pannis emendis vendendisve quaestum facit. The r.-man, perh. scrutarius, Lucil. in Gell. 3, 14.