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trabea

trabea, a white mantle with horizontal stripes of scarlet, robe of state

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

trabea , ae, f.: a toga of purple cloth, or one of white cloth with horizontal purple stripes, worn by Roman dignitaries, and ascribed to the primitive Latin kings, 7.612.
trăbĕa, ae, f., a robe of state of augurs, kings, knights, etc.
  • I Lit., Suet. Fragm. ap Serv. Verg. A. 7, 612; Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 195; 9, 39, 63, § 136; Ov. F. 2, 503; Verg. A. 7, 188; 7, 612; 11, 334 al. —
  • II Transf.
    • A The equestrian order, Stat. S. 5, 2, 17; Mart. 5, 41, 5. —
    • B The consulate, Claud. in Ruf. 1, 243; Symm. Ep. 9, 112.

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