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trabea

trabea noun: a toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes, worn by kings, consuls, and augurs.

Noun

trabea (plural trabeae)

  1. (Ancient-Rome, historical) A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes, worn by kings, consuls, and augurs.
    • When the emperors were themselves consuls, they wore a Trabea adorned with gems, which were allowed to none else.1767, Basil Kennett, Romae Antiquae Notitia

Forms of trabea

pluraltrabeae

Origin of trabea

Borrowed from Latin trabea.

Questions about trabea

What does trabea mean?
Trabea means a toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes, worn by kings, consuls, and augurs.
What part of speech is trabea?
Trabea is a noun.
What is the plural of trabea?
The plural of trabea is trabeae.

Words near trabea in the dictionary

  1. Trabant
  2. Trabants
  3. Trabbies
  4. Trabboch
  5. Trabby
  6. trabea
  7. trabeae
  8. trabeal
  9. trabeata
  10. trabeatae
  11. trabeate

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