(tapēs ētis, m, or tapētum, ī, n), ta/phs, a heavy cloth with inwrought figures, carpet, tapestry, hangings, coverlet (only plur, acc. tapetas, V.; abl. tapetibus, L., V., O., and tapetis, V.): relinquunt pulchros tapetas, V.: iniectis tapetibus in caput, L.: Instratos alipedes pictis tapetis, V.