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The tunica is made of a very rich material, plain silk or brocade, with an ornamental border, and over it is the paludamentum or semicircular cloak which was coming into very general use at this period. The collar is a separate article, and is of rich embroidery to match that on the bottom of the tunica.
1988, S.P. Somtow, “A Tale of Truffles”, in Aquila and the Sphinx, Wildside Press, published 2001, page 171:
I was being drawn up into the clouds, and Papinian, who in my vision was wearing a tunica of light, was fluttering about, his butterfly wings flapping noisily.
2020, Rob Steiner, Natta Magus, Quarkfolio Books:
It was then that I noticed some of them were wearing tunicas.
Ecto- and endotunicae thin, hardly discernable as two tunicae in unreleased, unstained asci; without zonation and ring structures; ocular chamber indistinct.
2013, David Maggs, Paul Miller, Ron Ofri, “Development and Congenital Abnormalities”, in Slatter’s Fundamentals of Veterinary Ophthalmology, 5th edition, Saunders, page 21:
The hyaloid system and its associated vascular tunicas are responsible for providing vascular and metabolic support to the lens during embryological development.
2021, Jacquelyn Banasik, “Alterations in Blood Flow”, in Pathophysiology, 7th edition, Elsevier, Inc., →LCCN, section “Principles of Flow”, page 323, column 2:
Fig. 15.5 Tunicae of arteries and veins showing the thicker walls of the arteries.
Compare also borrowed textile terms of unknown origin in Mycenaean Greek𐀵𐀖𐀏(to-mi-ka) and 𐀵𐀛𐀊(to-ni-ja), both descriptions of textile, as well as 𐀶𐀙𐀜(tu-na-no, “kind of textile”).
“tunica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“tunica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
tunica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
tunica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“tunica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“tunica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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^ Haupt, Paul (1902) “The Book of Canticles”, in The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, volume 18, pages 226–227