cimelia
English
Alternative forms
- cimilia
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /sɪˈmiːlɪə/
Noun
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"; […]
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Further reading
- “cimelia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary