Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Dracontarium

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

DRACONTA'RIUM. A band for the head (Tertull. Cor. Mil. 15.), either twisted to imitate the coils of a serpent; or, perhaps made in the form of two serpents joined together like the torquis; see the illustration s. TORQUATUS, and compare Inscript. ap. Don. cl. 1. n. 91., torquem aureum ex dracontariis duobus; but worn round the head instead of the neck.