phalera

From Latin phalerae, from Ancient Greek φάλαρα (phálara) (plural of φάλαρον (phálaron)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæləɹə/

phalera (plural phalerae)

1. In Ancient Greece, a metal medallion worn by men or used to ornament the harness of a horse.

• horse brass

• Raphael

• falera

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰa.le.ra/, [ˈpʰäɫ̪ɛrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.le.ra/, [ˈfäːlerä]

phalera f (genitive phalerae); first declension

1. ornament
2. phalera

First-declension noun.

• phaleratus

• phalera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)