Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Amphitapus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

AMPHIT'APUS (ἀμφίταπος). Designates a particular kind of cloth, which, like the amphimallum, had a nap on both sides, but was of a finer texture (Athen. v. 26.), and probably of Oriental manufacture. There was certainly a distinction between the two; for amphimalla were not known at Rome till the time of Pliny, whereas amphitapa are mentioned by Lucilius and Varro ap. Non. s. v. p. 540. Mercer.