trabea

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin trabea. === Noun === trabea (plural trabeae) (historical, Ancient Rome) A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes, worn by kings, consuls, and augurs. === References === “trabea”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === abater, bat ear, rabate == Latin == === Etymology === Perhaps from trabs (“rafter, beam”) +‎ -eus, in reference to the horizontal stripes of red or purple that adorned the garment. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtra.be.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtraː.be.a] === Noun === 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 ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Ancient Greek: τραβέα (trabéa) === Further reading === “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, 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