paenula

Borrowed from Latin paenula.

paenula (plural paenulas or paenulae)

1. (historical) A kind of woollen cloak or mantle used by Romans, worn on journeys and in rainy weather.
   • 1999, Glen Warren Bowersock, Peter Brown, Oleg Grabar, Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 381:

     The paenula, another type of cloak, was less bulky. It was triangular, closed in front, and had a V-shaped opening for the head. The paenula, being a garment designed for travelers, was shorter than the lacerna and the pallium.

   • 2002, Barbara Dee Baumgarten, Vestments for All Seasons, Church Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 17:

     The Romans were punctilious about dress and distinguished between the paenula of the poor, the toga worn by Roman citizens, and the chlamys, the short cloak worn by soldiers. While accessible to all first-century Romans, the paenula was […]

2. A chasuble, especially in its older form.

• Paulena

From Ancient Greek φαινόλη (phainólē).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpae̯.nu.la/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.nu.la/,

paenula f (genitive paenulae); first declension

1. A kind of sleeveless cloak or mantle with an opening for the head, worn on journeys or in rainy weather.
2. (by extension) A covering, cover, envelope, protection.

First-declension noun.

• paenulārius
• paenulātus
• paenuleus

• English: paenula
• French: pénule
• Italian: penula
• Romanian: pănură

• “paenula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paenula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paenula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “paenula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “paenula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin