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

See Examples For:

toga virilis

Certainly that introduction had not to wait till the toga virilis was taken; though Tertull. de Idol.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

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

He gave leave to the sons of senators, in general, to assume the laticlave presently after the time of putting on the toga virilis, though they were not capable of civil honours.

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

She claims the toga virilis, and all the strengthening burdens of freedom.

From The Open Secret of Ireland by Kettle, T. M. (Thomas Michael)

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