Meaning of togata | Babel Free
[tɔˈɡaː.ta]Definitions
a play involving Roman characters, in Roman dress and Roman settings, especially a comedy
declension-1
Examples
“Nam cum ageretur togata 'simulans,' ut opinor, caterva tota clarissima concentione in ore impuri hominis imminens contionata est.”
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“Multi enim sunt ex his togatis quibus pax operosior bello est: an idem existimas pro pace debere eos qui illam ebrietati aut libidini impendunt aut aliis vitiis quae vel bello rumpenda sunt?”
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“Nec minimum meruere decus vestigia Graeca Ausi deserere et celebrare domestica facta,”
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“Togatis excellit Afranius; utinam non inquinasset argumenta puerorum foedis amoribus mores suos fassus.”
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“inducta Afrani togata, quae Incendium inscribitur, concessumque ut scaenici ardentis domus supellectilem diriperent ac sibi haberent”
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“Fabula generale nomen est: eius duae primae partes, tragoedia et comoedia. , si Latina argumentatio sit, praetexta dicitur. Comoedia autem multas species habet: aut enim palliata est aut togata aut tabernaria aut Atellana aut mimus aut Rinthonica aut planipedia. […] Comoediarum formae sunt tres: palliatae Graecum habitum referentes, togatae iuxta formam personarum habitum togarum desiderantes, quas nonnulli tabernarias uocant, Atellanae salibus et iocis compositae, quae in se non habent nisi uetustatum elegantias.”
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“Togatae fabulae dicuntur quae scriptae sunt secundum ritus et habitum hominum togatorum, id est Romanorum (toga namque Romana est), sicut Graecas fabulas ab habitu aeque palliatas Varro ait nominari.”
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CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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