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praetexta

/pree-tek-stuh/US // priˈtɛk stə //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.

Examples

  • 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.