cento Copy link Outline I. a garment of several bits or pieces sewed together ...2. Esp., a cap worn under the helmet, ...B. Prov.II. The title of a poem made up of various verses of another poem ... ⓘcentōnum | que: masc gen plCentōnum | que: masc gen pl • cento, ōnis, m. [κέντρων], I. a garment of several bits or pieces sewed together, a rag-covering, patchwork, etc., Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 3; 10, 5; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 176, 1; Sisenn. ib. p. 91, 27; Caes. B. C. 2, 9; 3, 44 fin.; Dig. 33, 7, 12.— 2. Esp., a cap worn under the helmet, Amm. 19, 8, 8.— B. Prov.: centones sarcire alicui, to impose upon by falsehoods, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 19.— II. The title of a poem made up of various verses of another poem, a cento; so the Cento Nuptialis of Ausonius (the thirteenth of his Idyls), etc., Isid. Orig. 1, 38, 25; Tert. Praescr. 39.
centō Copy link Outline 1 pièce d'étoffe rapiécée, morceau d'étoffe : || [fig.] conter des bourdes à ...2 centon, pièce de vers en pot-pourri [vers ou bribes de vers pris ... ⓘcentōnum | que: masc gen plCentōnum | que: masc gen pl • 1 centō, ōnis, m. (cf. κέντρων), 1. pièce d'étoffe rapiécée, morceau d'étoffe : Cato Agr. 2, 3 ; Cæs. C. 2, 10, 7 ; 3, 44, 7 || [fig.] centones alicui sarcire Pl. Epid. 455, conter des bourdes à quelqu'un 2. centon, pièce de vers en pot-pourri [vers ou bribes de vers pris à divers auteurs] : Aus. Idyll. 13 ; Aug. Civ. 17, 15.
Centō Copy link ⓘcentōnum | que: masc gen plCentōnum | que: masc gen pl • 2 Centō, ōnis, m., surnom romain : Cic. de Or. 2, 286.