trabea Latin · revision 34139

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil|origins=la trabs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈtra.be.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈtraː.be.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''trabea''' ''f'' (genitive trabeae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is perhaps [[der|la|trabs|t=beam]],^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) with reference to the horizontal stripes of red or purple that decorated the garment.^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan traces that noun to [[itc-pro|*trab-|t=wooden beam]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Virgil,^(Köbler 2010) who has it as the robe of kings in the ''Aeneid''.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OLD describes it as a short purple or partly purple garment of Etruscan origin, worn on certain ritual occasions and by the ''equitēs'' as a dress uniform.^(OLD 2012) Georges describes a white mantle with scarlet horizontal stripes and a purple hem, worn by kings in Virgil, Ovid and Livy, by knights in solemn processions, by augurs, and by consuls;^(Georges 1913) Suetonius, as reported by Servius, distinguished three kinds.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) By metonymy it stands for the equestrian order in Statius and Martial, and for the consulship in Claudian and Symmachus.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Isidore of Seville also describes it.^(Georges 1913) In Ecclesiastical Latin it is a robe or official robe,^(Stelten 1995) and medieval writers in Britain use it of a robe of state, also figuratively.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil has it as a royal robe.^(Köbler 2010)^(Georges 1913)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it in the ''Fasti''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it for the equestrian order.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 340–402 AD – Symmachus uses it for the consulship.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A short purple or purple-striped [[m|en|robe]] of state, worn by early kings, augurs, consuls and, as a dress uniform, by the ''equitēs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # (by metonymy) The [[m|en|equestrian]] order.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # (by metonymy) The [[m|en|consulship]].^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Late Latin, Medieval Latin)'' The ornamental dress of consuls; a robe of state.^(Wiktionary)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[trabealis]]

+ * [[trabeātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[trabs]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Trabea'' is also the name of Quintus Trabea, a writer of comedies on Greek subjects, a contemporary of Caecilius whom Cicero mentions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}