trabea
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]trabea (plural trabeae)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes, worn by kings, consuls, and augurs.
- 1767, Basil Kennett, Romae Antiquae Notitia:
- When the emperors were themselves consuls, they wore a Trabea adorned with gems, which were allowed to none else.
References
[edit]- “trabea”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from trabs (“rafter, beam”) + -eus, in reference to the horizontal stripes of red or purple that adorned the garment.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtra.be.a/, [ˈt̪räbeä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtra.be.a/, [ˈt̪räːbeä]
Noun
[edit]trabea f (genitive trabeae); first declension
- A white or purple toga, or possibly mantle, ornamented with red or purple stripes, associated with the equestrian class.
- The purple-bordered toga praetexta worn by augurs, other priests, and certain Republican officials.
- A red or purple garment said to have been worn by Romulus and other early Roman kings and consuls, also used to decorate divine images.
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) The elaborate ornamental dress of late Imperial consuls.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | trabea | trabeae |
Genitive | trabeae | trabeārum |
Dative | trabeae | trabeīs |
Accusative | trabeam | trabeās |
Ablative | trabeā | trabeīs |
Vocative | trabea | trabeae |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Ancient Greek: τραβέα (trabéa)
Further reading
[edit]- “trabea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “trabea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- trabea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- trabea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “trabea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “trabea”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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