παραπέτασμα, ατος, τό,
that which is spread before a thing, hanging, curtain, παραπετάσματα ποικίλα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.82; π. Μηδικά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 938; τὸ π. τὸ Κύπριον [prev. author] “fragment” 611; π. λιτόν “IG” 12.330.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, screen, cover, ταῖς τέχναις ταύταις παραπετάσμασιν ἐχρήσαντο [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 316e, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.19; τὰ χρήματα.. π. τοῦ βίου 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 340 (= 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 327); εἶχεν δὲ π. τὴν ἐρημίαν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 406.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II plural, mantlets, [[ 6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus 3.7. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]