Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Conopeum

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

CONO'PEUM or CONOPI'UM (κωνωπεών, κωνωπεῖον). A musquito net, suspended over a sleeping couch, or over persons reposing out of doors, to keep off the gnats and other troublesome insects; the use of which originated in Egypt. Hor. Epod. ix. 16. Prop. iii. 11. 45. Varro, R. R. ii. 10. 8. Juv. vi. 80., in which passage the penultimate is long.