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Synonyms for toga

Grammar : Noun
Spell : toh-guh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtoʊ gə

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Définition of toga

Origin :
  • c.1600, from Latin toga "cloak or mantle," related to tegere "to cover" (see stegosaurus).
  • The outer garment of a Roman citizen in time of peace; toga prætexta had a broad purple border and was worn by children, magistrates, persons engaged in sacred rites, and later also emperors; toga virilis, the "toga of manhood," was assumed by boys at puberty.
  • Breeches, like the word for them (Latin bracae) were alien to the Romans, the dress of Persians, Germans and Gauls, so that bracatus "wearing breeches" was a term in Roman geography meaning "north of the Alps." College fraternity toga party popularized by movie "Animal House" (1978), but this is set in 1962.
  • As in tunic : noun long shirt
  • As in tog : noun dress
  • As in dress : noun clothing; woman's garment
Example sentences :
  • It is indeed a proud day for the youngster, because it is his putting on of the toga.
  • Extract from : « Life of Schamyl » by John Milton Mackie
  • Kihei (ki-hi)--a robe of kapa worn after the fashion of the Roman toga.
  • Extract from : « Unwritten Literature of Hawaii » by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
  • The ordinary garments of the Romans were the toga and the tunic.
  • Extract from : « Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology » by Charles K. Dillaway
  • The toga was an ample semi-circular garment, also without sleeves.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
  • He might wear a toga and then be Marius among the ruins of Carthage.
  • Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
  • And he did not even feel that Petronius covered his head that moment with the toga.
  • Extract from : « Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year » by E.C. Hartwell
  • He gave his boy his toga, or, as we should say, made a man of him.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cicero » by Anthony Trollope
  • It was to draw around him the toga, with which he silently covered his face.
  • Extract from : « Cleopatra, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • And the young man, casting his toga aside, rushed forth in his tunic.
  • Extract from : « Quo Vadis » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • "Then we give you war," said Fabius, shaking out the folds of the toga.
  • Extract from : « Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
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