Definition of Subucula

1. a man's shirt in ancient Rome [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subucula

subtruding
subtruncations
subtunic
subtunics
subturriculate
subtutor
subtutors
subtype
subtype polymorphism
subtype polymorphisms
subtyped
subtypes
subtypical
subtyping
subtypings
subucula (current term)
subuculas
subulate
subuliform
subumbonal
subumbonate
subumbrella
subumbrellas
subungal
subungual
subungulate
subungulates
subunit
subunitary
subunits

Literary usage of Subucula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Roman Antiquities by William Ramsay (1894)
"subucula.—The Tunica, as indicated above, was a sort of shirt worn under the Toga, and buckled round the waist by a girdle ..."

2. Gallus: Or, Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus. With Notes and Excursuses by Wilhelm Adolf Becker (1903)
"Perhaps, later, the word subucula was restricted ... From whence it would seem that the subucula fitted tight to the body. The clavis latus, or angustus, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities with Nearly 2000 Engravings on by Anthony Rich (1874)
"The small figure, from a statue of the Villa Borghese, shows a dress of the same description when properly put on, with a part of the subucula appearing ..."

4. Dictionary of Latin Synonymes: For the Use of Schools and Private Students by Ludwig Ramshorn, Francis Lieber (1841)
"... as low down as below the knees, and fastened with a girdle; with women, longer, wider, and with sleeves ; subucula, a sort of shirt worn by men, ..."

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