stola

American  

[stoh-luh] / ˈstoʊ lə /

noun

• stolae,
  plural
• stolas
  plural

1. a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• stolae
  plural
• stolas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of stola

1720–30; < Latin < Greek stolḗ; see stole ²

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

stola stolae stolas

Then he was disconcerted to see neither the white stola and saffron mantle nor the bracelets and fillets that had seemed to him part and parcel of the beauty they adorned.

From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by Anatole France

Cornelia surveyed herself in her best silken purple flounced stola, thrust the last pin into her hair, and confined it all in a net of golden thread.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis

The stola was a white garment with sleeves, which covered only the upper part of the arm; it was fastened above the shoulder with a clasp.

From Roman Women by Alfred Brittain

The stola was a loose garment, gathered in and girdled at the waist with a deep flounce extending to the feet.

From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Robert Franklin Pennell

The stola was the Roman equivalent for the nineteenth century robe or gown, and in many respects resembled the Greek chiton.

From The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner

Their stolae were ornamented with purple bands, and fastened with diamond clasps, while their pallae trailed along the ground.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord

To the good gentlemen who poetize concerning grace and the antique, who sigh for togas, stolas, and paludaments, I say, Go to.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by