Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, brācātus

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A. A gen. epithet for foreign, barbarian, effeminate: “sic existimatis eos hic sagatos bracatosque versari,” Cic. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23): “nationes,” id. Fam. 9, 15, 2: “miles,” Prop. 3 (4), 4, 17. “turba Getarum,” Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 47 Jahn: “Medi,” Pers. 3, 53.—

B. As a geog. designation of the land and the people beyond the Alps, = transalpinus, in distinction from togatus (q. v.): “Gallia Bracata, afterwards called Gallia Narbonensis,” Mel. 2, 5, 1; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 31; cf.: “bracatis et Transalpinis nationibus,” Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2.—Hence, sarcastically: “O bracatae cognationis dedecus (kindr. with the people of Gallia Bracata, through his maternal grandfather, Calventius),” Cic. Pis. 23, 53: bracatorum pueri, boys from Gallia Narbonensis, Juv. 8, 234.—

II. In gen., wearing broad garments: “Satarchae totum bracati corpus,” Mel. 2, 1, 10.

A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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