toga virilis

American  

[toh-guh vi-rahy-lis, -ree-, taw-gah wi-ree-lis] / ˈtoʊ gə vɪˈraɪ lɪs, -ˈri-, ˈtɔ gɑ wɪˈri lɪs /

noun

togae viriles plural

1. the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.

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toga virilis British  

/ vɪˈraɪlɪs /

noun

1. (in ancient Rome) the toga assumed by a youth at the age of 14 as a symbol of manhood and citizenship

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• togae viriles
  plural

Etymology

Origin of toga virilis

1590–1600; < Latin toga virīlis; see toga, virile

Example Sentences

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toga virilis

But the most definite statement we have is that he died on the day in which Virgil assumed the toga virilis, and that was in the second consulship of Pompey and Crassus, i.e.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

He had already assumed the toga virilis, cp. chap.

From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

Cicero himself was thus apprenticed to Mucius Scaevola the augur: and in the same way the young Caelius, as soon as he had taken his toga virilis, was brought by his father to Cicero.

From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde

The studious, direct and manly ways of Marcus were not cast aside when he put on the toga virilis, as Faustina had predicted.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert

Let me assure my reader that the bound from a monosyllabic name to a high-sounding epithet of three syllables is almost as enchanting as this assumption of the toga virilis.

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James