toga virilis

American  

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

noun

plural

togae viriles

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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Etymology

Origin of toga virilis

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

Example Sentences

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

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

Of these boys, until they took the toga virilis, he says hardly anything in his letters to Atticus, though Atticus was the uncle of the elder boy.

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

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

The toga virilis, or the manly gown, was assumed, when the youth came to man's estate, or the age of seventeen years.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius

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