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Definition of Praetextas

Praetextas
Praetexta Pr[ae]*tex"ta, n.; pl. Pr[ae]text[ae], E. Pr[ae]textas. [L. (sc. toga), fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border; prae before + texere to weave.] (Rom. Antiq.) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.
Praetexta
Praetexta Pr[ae]*tex"ta, n.; pl. Pr[ae]text[ae], E. Pr[ae]textas. [L. (sc. toga), fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border; prae before + texere to weave.] (Rom. Antiq.) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.

Meaning of Praetextas from wikipedia

- The praetexta or fabula praetexta was a genre of Latin tragedy introduced at Rome by Gnaeus Naevius in the third century BC. It dealt with historical...
- puberty and legal "coming of age", at around 14 years of age or more. Toga praetexta: a white toga with a broad purple stripe on its border, worn over a tunic...
- Maxillaria praetexta is a species of orchid endemic to Venezuela (Carabobo). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maxillaria praetexta. v t e...
- Scedella praetexta is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Scedella of the family Tephritidae. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania...
- Ceromitia praetexta is a species of moth of the family Adelidae. It is known from South Africa. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ceromitia praetexta. Wikispecies...
- Megachile praetexta is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Vachal in 1910. "Megachile". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 18 October...
- Amoria praetexta, common name the pretext volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. The length...
- Panegyra praetexta is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Nigeria. The wingspan is about 18.5 mm. The costa marking on the forewings...
- priests, and citizen's children were entitled to a purple-bordered toga praetexta. Triumphal generals wore an all-purple, gold-embroidered toga picta, ****ociated...
- Lemyra praetexta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Karel Černý in 2011. It is found on the Philippines, where it has been recorded...