‖ trabea
(ˈtreɪbiːə)
Pl. -eæ (-iːiː). Rom. Antiq.
[Latin trabea.]
A toga ornamented with horizontal purple stripes, worn as a state robe by kings, consuls, and other men of rank in ancient Rome.
| 1600 Holland Livy i. 30 Then came Servius abroad in his roiall robe, called Trabea. 1702 Addison Dial. Medals iii. (1726) 160 Our modern Medals are full of Toga's and Tunica's, Trabea's and Paludamentums. a 1746 Holdsworth Rem. Virgil (1768) 291 The Lituus and Trabea of Romulus and the Ancilia were kept in the Sacrarium of the Salii. 1842 W. Smith Dict. Gr. & Rom. Antiq. s.v. Toga, Servius..mentions three kinds of trabeae; one wholly of purple, which was sacred to the gods, another of purple and white, and another of purple and saffron which belonged to augurs. The purple and white trabea was a royal robe. |