praetexta 的定义
plural prae·tex·tae [pree-tek-stee]. /priˈtɛk sti/.
- a white toga with a broad purple border, worn by priests and magistrates as an official costume, and by certain other Romans as ceremonial dress.
- a similar garment worn by a boy until he assumed the toga virilis, or by a girl until she married.
更多praetexta例句
- Each wore a wreath of corn, a white fillet and the praetexta.
- They also wore the toga praetexta, which, though associated by us with secular magistrates, had undoubtedly a religious origin.
- Octavia, a late praetexta ascribed to Seneca, was certainly not written by him.