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toga virilis

[ toh-guh vi-rahy-lis, -ree-; Latin taw-gah wi-ree-lis ]

noun

plural togae viriles
  1. the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.


toga virilis

/ ±¹ÉªËˆ°ù²¹Éª±ôɪ²õ /

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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of toga virilis1

1590–1600; < Latin toga virīlis; toga, virile
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of toga virilis1

Latin, literally: manly (i.e., man's) toga
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In this way was the toga virilis bestowed on Kipps, and he became recognised as a suitable object for that Platonic Eros whose blunted darts devastate even the very highest-class establishments.

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But the most definite statement we have is that he died on the day in which Virgil assumed the toga virilis, and that was in the second consulship of Pompey and Crassus, i.e.

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For boys who do not go to college, departure from home is commonly recognized as a fit occasion for putting on that dangerous garment, the toga virilis.

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These were the most important schools; admission to them was not possible until the “toga virilis†had been assumed.

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The wax-copy of Victor, to express his majority, was arrayed in a toga virilis, an overcoat which the original had cast off; likewise the chamber which the living one vacated was cleared out.

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