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

The way of the youth today is tame, empty, and selfish as compared with the Spartan road to manhood and the Roman ceremonies attendant upon the assumption of the toga virilis.

From The Minister and the Boy A Handbook for Churchmen Engaged in Boys' Work by Hoben, Allan

At the age of sixteen, shortly after his assumption of the toga virilis, the young Persius made the friendship which was to be the ruling influence of his life.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

His mother then took him to Rome, where he studied law for a short time after assuming the toga virilis, but abandoned it in favour of poetry; iv.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

Catullus wrote love-poetry soon after taking the toga virilis; c.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

If you want to bathe you walk into the sea as you stand, or hand your toga virilis to the bystanders, if any.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John