petticoat
PETTICOAT
*tunica muliebris; or it may be necessary to retain the word: petticoat government imperium uxorium (at home; Auct. Argum. ad Plaut. Asin. v. 2): *imperium sexus muliebris (over a kingdom; also by circumlocution; e.g. Medis imperat muliebris sexus).
*tunica muliebris; or it may be necessary to retain the word: petticoat government imperium uxorium (at home; Auct. Argum. ad Plaut. Asin. v. 2): *imperium sexus muliebris (over a kingdom; also by circumlocution; e.g. Medis imperat muliebris sexus).
petticoat: perh. castŭla (Quich.): cf. Non. 548, 30, sq. (Tunica muliebris = chemise). P.-government, perh. stolatum [muliebre] imperium, cf. Suet. Cal. 13, Ulysses stolatus = Ulysses in petticoats. (R. and A. suggest the retention of the word; but this would be intolerable: perh. tunicula may be accepted as an equivalent.)