tiara

Alternative form of tara (“earth, ground”).


tiara

I had scarcely taken my accustomed low seat at her side, when, opening a casket which stood on the table near her, she took out a diamond tiara, and, placing it in my hair, pointed to the glass. 'Ah, my child!' she exclaimed, 'you well become your future crown!' and, without waiting for my reply, she informed me that my father's negotiations for my marriage had been completely successful, and that the King of Poland had demanded my hand.

1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 200:

[T]heir tiaræ are like those of the magi; […]

1842, Joseph Strutt, J[ames] R[obinson] Planché, “[The Introduction.] The Ancient Habits of the Assyrians, of the Persians, of the Medes, and of Other Asiatic Nations.”, in A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, from the Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the Present Time: […], volume I, London: Henry G[eorge] Bohn, […], page lxiv:

The Bactrians wore tiaræ like the Persians, with bamboo bows, and short javelins.

1848, [James Talboys Wheeler], An Analysis and Summary of Herodotus. […], Oxford, Oxon: J. L. Wheeler, J. Abrams, C. Richards, J. Thornton. […], page 165:

For the latter bears a pair of winged bulls with tiaræ and feathered necks, after the so much admired Assyrian prototype; […]

1892, Morton W[illiam] Easton, Observations on the Platform at Persepolis (Publications of the University of Pennsylvania: Series in Philology Literature and Archæology; volume II, number 2), Boston, Mass.: Ginn & Company; Halle: Max Niemeyer, page 17:

Shells may also be observed in slightly recessed niches, where pediments are replaced with tiarae and flapping infulae, the jambs of which are not flanked with small columns but with colossal keys with candelabra occupying the space.

1949, Armando Schiavo, editor, Michelangelo Architetto: Michaelangelo as an Architect, Rome: La Libreria dello Stato:

During the Bronze Age in the Near East kings and gods often wore tiarae and helmets provided with horns […]

1970, Γεώργιος Στυλιανός Κορρές [Geórgios Stylianós Korrés], Τα μετά κεφαλών κριών κράνη: η κεφαλή κριού ως έμβλημα αρχής [Ta metá kefalón krión kráni: i kefalí krioú os émvlima archís], Athens, →OCLC, page 273:

The images of these divinities, including that of Ishtar, were richly dressed and decorated with tiarae (for references see Romano 1988, 133). […] A comparison may also be made with the terracotta statuettes of the daedalic style from Gortyn in Crete, where richly decorated garments as well as high tiarae are worn by female figures (e.g. Rizza and Scrinari 1968, pls XV: 91, XVII: 101).

1997, Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, pages 200–201:

In the centre of the front side, two male standing figures are shown, dressed in tunicae with long sleeves, wearing tiarae and holding two double headed axes and stylized palm branches in their hands.

2021, Nadežda Gavrilović Vitas, “The Cult of Jupiter Dolichenus in the Central Balkans”, in Ex Asia et Syria: Oriental Religions in the Roman Central Balkans (Archaeopress Roman Archaeology; 78), Oxford, Oxon: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, section I (Asia Minor Religions and Cults), footnote 1025, page 108, column 2:

en-noun

tiara (plural tiaras or (rare) tiarae or (rare, archaic) tiaræ)

tiaras (plural)
tiarae (plural rare)
tiaræ (archaic plural rare)

From Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára), of unknown ultimate origin.


tiara

Brilliants tiaraed her head.

Small platters of various provender succeed each other rapidly; fish, pastry, creams, then perhaps stews again of goose, turkey, peacock, vegetables, and then sweets again, without any regard to the programmes recommended by the English or French professors of the divine art. A pyramid of pilauf literally crowns, or rather tiaras the feast.

1837, Michael J[oseph] Quin, “Life in the East.—No. 1.”, in Theodore Hook, editor, The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, part the third, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 312:

Deem not alone the high insignia set / Where crimsoned cross or smouldering stake doth rise; / Hath e’er Humanity’s arch coronet / Tiaraed the bright beings of the skies?

1861, [Benjamin Franklin Burnham], The Martyr-Crisis: A Poem, Chicago, Ill.: D. B. Cooke & Co., stanza XLVI, page 40:

Like a prophet we beheld it, / With the summit crowned with snow, / All transfigured with the glory / That tiaraed its clear brow, / While it called the earth to heed the morning breaking […]

A parure of brilliants tiaraed her dark head.

1922, Gilbert Frankau, “Mustard-Pot-Duellist”, in The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume LXIV, London: George Newnews, Ltd., […], section II, page 574:

Averting his eyes he glanced hastily at his cards; a jeweled tracery of sweat tiaraed his forhead.^([sic])

1950 September 22, Ronald Hurwit, “This Life Below”, in Daily Bruin, volume XXXVIII, number 6, University of California at Los Angeles, page 2:

Though sunlight still danced on the head of day, / And scarlet and gold tiaraed her hair— / A sudden veil fell eclipsing all gray, / Loss of my Truest Friend ruptured the air!

1970 January 21, Elaine Locke, “To A Lost Pet”, in Animals, volume 103, number 4, published April 1970, page 7:

As Excelsior was near the center of the Trek, the great concourse of ships tiaraed the salon’s horizon line, a triumphant jeweled city of coruscating light.

1974, Norman Spinrad, “Riding the Torch”, in Robert Silverberg, editor, Threads of Time: Three Original Novellas of Science Fiction, Nashville, Tenn., Camden, N.J., New York, N.Y.: Thomas Nelson Inc., page 155:

Wood-and-marble lobby tiara-ed by a mezzanine lounge; […]

1976, Dodge Temple Fielding, Fielding’s Selected Favorites: Hotels & Inns, Europe 1976, New York, N.Y.: Fielding Publications, →ISBN, page 245:

Open fans, ovals, pyramids, spread wings, horseshoes, scallops, semi or full circles—rhapsodies of trim to tiara the brain.

2002, Susan Hahn, “Head”, in Mother in Summer, Evanston, Ill.: TriQuarterly Books, →ISBN, page 44:

“Put on the headphones,” she said. They were the ancient kind, with decomposing foam pads and a metal band that tiara[-]ed your head.

2017, Daniel A. Hoyt, This Book Is Not For You, Dzanc Books, →ISBN, page 94:

He tiaraed her head.

Old Dandolo! and where are they who learned / To feel the fire with which thy bosom burned, / The sons, who caught from thee the spark divine, / And made their country worthy to be thine; / Laid conquered regions at her feet, and all / Tiaraed her with nations; that her pall / Was one vast universe of gorgeous things; / Her very vassals, arbiters of kings.

1833 August, “Anna Erizzo. A Tale of Venice.”, in The Knickerbocker: or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume II, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Peabody & Co. […], stanza III, page 82:

Comely Betty Clayton, the eighth Miss Lifeguard and the current Miss Manasquan (she was the queen of the Hook and Ladder Ball) tiara-ed her successor, who seems to be following in the former queen’s footsteps.

1954 September 10, Kurt Gruenwald, “Around The Town”, in The Coast Star, volume LXX, number 30, Manasquan, N.J., page two:

Gentleman-about-town Bruce Gerald Webster, who has jeweled and tiaraed many a Tulsa woman, Friday was officially “crowned” by members of the Junior Opera Guild.

1980 April 12, Julie Blakely, Lou Ann Ruark, “News of People and Places”, in Tulsa World, 75th year, number 209, Tulsa, Okla., section B, page 3, column 1:

I see how this Semiramis, imitating a man, has tiaraed her head and cleverly captivates the eyes of those standing about; […]

1983, Robert Coogan, Babylon on the Rhone: A Translation of Letters by Dante, Petrarch, and Catherine of Siena on the Avignon Papacy, Studia Humanitatis, →ISBN, page 74:

(very rare, transitive) To adorn with a tiara.

en-verb

tiara (third-person singular simple present tiaras, present participle tiaraing, simple past and past participle tiaraed)

tiaras (present singular third-person)
tiaraing (participle present)
tiaraed (participle past)
tiaraed (past)


tiara

tiara (papal crown or ornamental coronet)

tiara (nominative singular)
tiarat (nominative plural)
tiara (accusative nominative singular)
tiarat (accusative nominative plural)
tiaran (accusative genitive singular)
tiarat (accusative genitive plural)
tiaran (genitive singular)
tiarojen (genitive plural)
tiarain (genitive plural rare)
tiaraa (partitive singular)
tiaroja (partitive plural)
tiarassa (inessive singular)
tiaroissa (inessive plural)
tiarasta (elative singular)
tiaroista (elative plural)
tiaraan (illative singular)
tiaroihin (illative plural)
tiaralla (adessive singular)
tiaroilla (adessive plural)
tiaralta (ablative singular)
tiaroilta (ablative plural)
tiaralle (allative singular)
tiaroille (allative plural)
tiarana (essive singular)
tiaroina (essive plural)
tiaraksi (singular translative)
tiaroiksi (plural translative)
tiaratta (abessive singular)
tiaroitta (abessive plural)
tiaroin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
tiarani (nominative singular)
tiarani (nominative plural)
tiarani (accusative nominative singular)
tiarani (accusative nominative plural)
tiarani (accusative genitive singular)
tiarani (accusative genitive plural)
tiarani (genitive singular)
tiarojeni (genitive plural)
tiaraini (genitive plural rare)
tiaraani (partitive singular)
tiarojani (partitive plural)
tiarassani (inessive singular)
tiaroissani (inessive plural)
tiarastani (elative singular)
tiaroistani (elative plural)
tiaraani (illative singular)
tiaroihini (illative plural)
tiarallani (adessive singular)
tiaroillani (adessive plural)
tiaraltani (ablative singular)
tiaroiltani (ablative plural)
tiaralleni (allative singular)
tiaroilleni (allative plural)
tiaranani (essive singular)
tiaroinani (essive plural)
tiarakseni (singular translative)
tiaroikseni (plural translative)
tiarattani (abessive singular)
tiaroittani (abessive plural)
tiaroineni (comitative plural)
tiarasi (nominative singular)
tiarasi (nominative plural)
tiarasi (accusative nominative singular)
tiarasi (accusative nominative plural)
tiarasi (accusative genitive singular)
tiarasi (accusative genitive plural)
tiarasi (genitive singular)
tiarojesi (genitive plural)
tiaraisi (genitive plural rare)
tiaraasi (partitive singular)
tiarojasi (partitive plural)
tiarassasi (inessive singular)
tiaroissasi (inessive plural)
tiarastasi (elative singular)
tiaroistasi (elative plural)
tiaraasi (illative singular)
tiaroihisi (illative plural)
tiarallasi (adessive singular)
tiaroillasi (adessive plural)
tiaraltasi (ablative singular)
tiaroiltasi (ablative plural)
tiarallesi (allative singular)
tiaroillesi (allative plural)
tiaranasi (essive singular)
tiaroinasi (essive plural)
tiaraksesi (singular translative)
tiaroiksesi (plural translative)
tiarattasi (abessive singular)
tiaroittasi (abessive plural)
tiaroinesi (comitative plural)
tiaramme (nominative singular)
tiaramme (nominative plural)
tiaramme (accusative nominative singular)
tiaramme (accusative nominative plural)
tiaramme (accusative genitive singular)
tiaramme (accusative genitive plural)
tiaramme (genitive singular)
tiarojemme (genitive plural)
tiaraimme (genitive plural rare)
tiaraamme (partitive singular)
tiarojamme (partitive plural)
tiarassamme (inessive singular)
tiaroissamme (inessive plural)
tiarastamme (elative singular)
tiaroistamme (elative plural)
tiaraamme (illative singular)
tiaroihimme (illative plural)
tiarallamme (adessive singular)
tiaroillamme (adessive plural)
tiaraltamme (ablative singular)
tiaroiltamme (ablative plural)
tiarallemme (allative singular)
tiaroillemme (allative plural)
tiaranamme (essive singular)
tiaroinamme (essive plural)
tiaraksemme (singular translative)
tiaroiksemme (plural translative)
tiarattamme (abessive singular)
tiaroittamme (abessive plural)
tiaroinemme (comitative plural)
tiaranne (nominative singular)
tiaranne (nominative plural)
tiaranne (accusative nominative singular)
tiaranne (accusative nominative plural)
tiaranne (accusative genitive singular)
tiaranne (accusative genitive plural)
tiaranne (genitive singular)
tiarojenne (genitive plural)
tiarainne (genitive plural rare)
tiaraanne (partitive singular)
tiarojanne (partitive plural)
tiarassanne (inessive singular)
tiaroissanne (inessive plural)
tiarastanne (elative singular)
tiaroistanne (elative plural)
tiaraanne (illative singular)
tiaroihinne (illative plural)
tiarallanne (adessive singular)
tiaroillanne (adessive plural)
tiaraltanne (ablative singular)
tiaroiltanne (ablative plural)
tiarallenne (allative singular)
tiaroillenne (allative plural)
tiarananne (essive singular)
tiaroinanne (essive plural)
tiaraksenne (singular translative)
tiaroiksenne (plural translative)
tiarattanne (abessive singular)
tiaroittanne (abessive plural)
tiaroinenne (comitative plural)
tiaransa (nominative singular)
tiaransa (nominative plural)
tiaransa (accusative nominative singular)
tiaransa (accusative nominative plural)
tiaransa (accusative genitive singular)
tiaransa (accusative genitive plural)
tiaransa (genitive singular)
tiarojensa (genitive plural)
tiarainsa (genitive plural rare)
tiaraansa (partitive singular)
tiarojaan (partitive plural)
tiarojansa (partitive plural)
tiarassaan (inessive singular)
tiarassansa (inessive singular)
tiaroissaan (inessive plural)
tiaroissansa (inessive plural)
tiarastaan (elative singular)
tiarastansa (elative singular)
tiaroistaan (elative plural)
tiaroistansa (elative plural)
tiaraansa (illative singular)
tiaroihinsa (illative plural)
tiarallaan (adessive singular)
tiarallansa (adessive singular)
tiaroillaan (adessive plural)
tiaroillansa (adessive plural)
tiaraltaan (ablative singular)
tiaraltansa (ablative singular)
tiaroiltaan (ablative plural)
tiaroiltansa (ablative plural)
tiaralleen (allative singular)
tiarallensa (allative singular)
tiaroilleen (allative plural)
tiaroillensa (allative plural)
tiaranaan (essive singular)
tiaranansa (essive singular)
tiaroinaan (essive plural)
tiaroinansa (essive plural)
tiarakseen (singular translative)
tiaraksensa (singular translative)
tiaroikseen (plural translative)
tiaroiksensa (plural translative)
tiarattaan (abessive singular)
tiarattansa (abessive singular)
tiaroittaan (abessive plural)
tiaroittansa (abessive plural)
tiaroineen (comitative plural)
tiaroinensa (comitative plural)


tiara

tiarák (plural)
tiara (nominative singular)
tiarák (nominative plural)
tiarát (accusative singular)
tiarákat (accusative plural)
tiarának (dative singular)
tiaráknak (dative plural)
tiarával (instrumental singular)
tiarákkal (instrumental plural)
tiaráért (causal-final singular)
tiarákért (causal-final plural)
tiarává (singular translative)
tiarákká (plural translative)
tiaráig (singular terminative)
tiarákig (plural terminative)
tiaraként (essive-formal singular)
tiarákként (essive-formal plural)
tiarában (inessive singular)
tiarákban (inessive plural)
tiarán (singular superessive)
tiarákon (plural superessive)
tiaránál (adessive singular)
tiaráknál (adessive plural)
tiarába (illative singular)
tiarákba (illative plural)
tiarára (singular sublative)
tiarákra (plural sublative)
tiarához (allative singular)
tiarákhoz (allative plural)
tiarából (elative singular)
tiarákból (elative plural)
tiaráról (delative singular)
tiarákról (delative plural)
tiarától (ablative singular)
tiaráktól (ablative plural)
tiaráé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
tiaráké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
tiaráéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
tiarákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
tiarám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
tiaráim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
tiarád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
tiaráid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
tiarája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
tiarái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
tiaránk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
tiaráink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
tiarátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
tiaráitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
tiarájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
tiaráik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára).


tiara

Borrowed from Latin tiāra from Ancient Greek (Ionic) τιήρης (tiḗrēs).


tiara

la-noun

tiāra f (genitive tiārae); first declension

tiāra (canonical feminine)
tiārae (genitive)
tiāra (nominative singular)
tiārae (nominative plural)
tiārae (genitive singular)
tiārārum (genitive plural)
tiārae (dative singular)
tiārīs (dative plural)
tiāram (accusative singular)
tiārās (accusative plural)
tiārā (ablative singular)
tiārīs (ablative plural)
tiāra (singular vocative)
tiārae (plural vocative)

[t̪͡s̪iˈäːrä]

From Ancient Greek (Ionic) τιάρα (tiára).


tiara

(countable, Roman Catholicism) tiara (three-tiered papal crown)

(uncountable, metonymically, Roman Catholicism) papacy (office of the pope)

tiara (nominative singular)
tiary (nominative plural)
tiary (genitive singular)
tiar (genitive plural)
tiarze (dative singular)
tiarom (dative plural)
tiarę (accusative singular)
tiary (accusative plural)
tiarą (instrumental singular)
tiarami (instrumental plural)
tiarze (locative singular)
tiarach (locative plural)
tiaro (singular vocative)
tiary (plural vocative)


tiara

headband (curved, flexible accessory for holding one’s hair back)


tiara

(capitalized, proper noun, Sursilvan) the planet Earth


tiara

(historical) a turban, especially that worn by ancient Persian kings


tiara

kite (lightweight toy carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines)

Borrowed from Arabic طَيَّارَة (ṭayyāra).


tiara

a tiara (papal crown or ornamental coronet)

tiara (indefinite nominative singular)
tiaran (definite nominative singular)
tiaror (indefinite nominative plural)
tiarorna (definite nominative plural)
tiaras (genitive indefinite singular)
tiarans (definite genitive singular)
tiarors (genitive indefinite plural)
tiarornas (definite genitive plural)