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armĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [arma-fero], bearing weapons, armed, warlike (perh. first used by Ov.; for the distinction between it and armiger, v. armiger, II.).
armĭger (ARMIGERVS in a late inscr., Orell. 3631), gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [arma-gero], bearing weapons, armed, warlike (in this last sense rare, instead of armifer).
armĭlausa, ae, f. [acc. to Isid. Orig. 19, 22 fin., contr. from armiclausa], a military upper garment (post-class.), Paul. Nol. Ep. 22; id. Ep. 17; Schol. ad Juv. 5, 143.
armilla, ae, f. [acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 25 Müll., from armus; acc. to Prisc. p. 1220 P., from arma].
armillātus, a, um, Part. [armilla], ornamented with a bracelet: armillatum in publicum procedere, Suet. Calig. 52: armillata et phalerata turba, id. Ner. 30; so, armillati colla Molossa canes, i. e. wearing on their necks the bracelets of their mistresses, Prop. 5, 8, 24.
armillum, i, n. [acc. to Paul. ex Fest., from armus; v. infra], a vessel for wine (ante- and post-class.): armillum, quod est urceoli genus vinarii, Varr. ap. Non. p. 547, 15: armillum vas vinarium in sacris dictum, quod armo, id est humero deportetur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.
Hence the proverb, ad armillum revertere, or redire, or simply, ad armillum, to return to one’s old habits, to begin one’s old tricks again, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 74, 13: at illa ad armillum revertit et ad familiares feminarum artes accenditur, App. M. 9, p. 230, 22.
With a more pointed reference, Appuleius, speaking of Cupid, changes armillum in the proverb into armile = armamentarium, an armory, M. 6, p. 132, 15.
Armĭlustrium, i, n., the Roman festival of the consecration of arms; v. Armilustrum.
Armĭlustrum, i, n., a place in Rome (in the 13th district), where was celebrated the festival Armilustrium, consecration of arms, ὁπλοκαθαρμός (19th Oct.; v. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 411): Armilustrum ab ambitu lustri, Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; Liv. 27, 37: armilustrium ab eo, quod in armilustrio armati sacra faciunt, Varr. L. L. 6, § 22 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll.
Armĭnĭus, ii, m., a distinguished Cheruscan prince, who defeated Varus in the Teutoburg forest, A.D. 9, and thus freed Germany from the dominion of the Romans, Vell. 2, 118; Flor. 4, 12, 32; Tac. A. 1, 55; 1, 60; 1, 63; 2, 9; 2, 17; 2, 21; 2, 88 al.
armĭ-pŏtens, pŏtentis, adj. [arma-potens], powerful in arms, valiant, warlike; a poet. epithet of Mars, Diana, etc.: Mavors, Lucr. 1, 32 sq.: Mars, Verg. A. 9, 717: diva, id. ib. 2, 425: Deiphobus, id. ib. 6, 500: genitor, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 655: Ausonia, Stat. S. 3, 2, 20: Syria, Dig. 50, 15, 1.
* armĭpŏtentĭa, ae, f. [armipotens], power in arms, valor, Amm. 18, 5.
armĭ-sŏnus, a, um, adj. [arma-sono], resounding with arms (poet.): numina Palladis armisonae, Verg. A. 3, 544: antrum, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 67.
‡ armīta, ae, f. [armus], a virgin sacrificing, with the lappet of her toga thrown back over her shoulder, Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.
‡ armītes: ὁπλῖται οἱ ἐν ἐσχάτῃ τάξει, soldiers of the rear-rank, Philox. Gloss.