armilla

[ ahr-mil-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural ar·mil·lae [ahr-, mil, -ee, -, mil, -ahy], ar·mil·las.

By the Romans it was called armilla, brachiale, occabus; and in the middle ages bauga, armispatha.

The first was an equinoctial, the second a solstitial armilla.

Unfortunately no account could be obtained of the circumstances under which the Slateford Armilla was discovered.

A brass armilla tolomæi was one of the instruments supplied to Martin Frobisher in 1576, price £4, 6s.

The procession moved slowly forward, and paused at the village of Armilla, at the distance of half a league from the city.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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