I. Lit., dressed in or wearing a stola: “mulieres,” Vitr. 1, 1 med.—Subst.: stŏlātae , ārum, f., = matronae, noble dames, matrons, Petr. 44, 18.—
II. Transf.: “pudor,” i.e. befitting a matron, Mart. 1, 36, 8: Ulixes, Ulysses in petticoats, a jocose appellation of Livia on account of her cunning, Calig. ap. Suet. Calig. 23.