cimelia
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin cimelia, cimilia, from Ancient Greek κειμήλῐᾰ (keimḗlia), plural of κειμήλῐον (keimḗlion, “something stored or saved up; treasure; heirloom”), from κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie; to be laid up”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cimelia pl (plural only)
- (rare) Treasures; things considered valuable.
- 1996, “Introduction: Thanks and Acknowledgements”, in Manfred Pfister, editor, The Fatal Gift of Beauty: The Italies of British Travellers: An Annotated Anthology, Amsterdam: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 20:
- My sincere thanks are due […] to dott.essa Laura Desideri of the Gabinetto Scientifico Vieusseux/Florence (cf. note on Henry Crabb Robinson in the "Gazetteer of Travellers") for opening up to me the riches of this library, including the cimelia of the Fondo "Fiametta Olschki"; […]
Further reading
[edit]- “cimelia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.