postilena

post +‎ habēna.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔs.tɪˈɫeː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pos.t̪iˈlɛː.na]

postilēna f (genitive postilēnae); first declension

1. crupper (contrivance to keep a saddle from sliding forward)

   Antonym: antilēna

   • c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina 124–125:

     Ita te aggerunda curvom aqua faciam probe
     ut postilena possit ex te fieri.

     I’ll make you so thoroughly bent with carrying water that a crupper might be manufactured out of you.

First-declension noun.

• Italian: pósola, posolina
• Sicilian: pistulena
• Venetan: pósena

• postilena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.