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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Clitellae

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

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CLITEL'LAE (κανθήλια). The pack-saddle upon which paniers were carried; and thence also a pair of panniers; whence only used in the plural number. (Hor. Sat. i. 5. 47. Phaedr. i. 15.) The illustration (Clitellae/1.1) is from an engraved chrystal in the Florentine Gallery.

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