Definition of cento
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LNS
centō, centōnis
κέντρων
noun (m., 3rd declension)
  1. a garment of several bits or pieces sewed together, a rag-covering, patchwork
  2. a cap worn under the helmet
  3. The title of a poem made up of various verses of another poem, a cento
Abbreviations
cento, ōnis, m. κέντρων, a garment of several bits or pieces sewed together, a rag-covering, patchwork, etc., Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 Mull.; id. R. R. 2, 3; 10, 5; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 176, 1; Sisenn. ib. p. 91, 27; Caes. B. C. 2, 9; 3, 44 fin.; Dig. 33, 7, 12.

— Esp., a cap worn under the helmet, Amm. 19, 8, 8.

— Prov.: centones sarcire alicui, to impose upon by falsehoods, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 19.

— The title of a poem made up of various verses of another poem, a cento; so the Cento Nuptialis of Ausonius (the thirteenth of his Idyls), etc., Isid. Orig. 1, 38, 25; Tert. Praescr. 39.
 
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