cloak (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. pallium, dim. palliŏlum, poet. palla (the last esp. of the tragic robe, "palla honesta," Hor. A. P. 278, or a lady's mantle2. lăcerna (a thick c. used to throw over the toga in bad weather3. laena (= pallium laneum4. paenŭla (a travelling c., with a cape or hood to it)5. chlămys, y̆dis, f. (prop. a foreign garment6. ămĭcŭlum (a general term, applicable to any one of the preceding; corresponding as it does to amictus7. săgum, săgŭlum (a soldier's c.; whereas the paludamentum was worn by generals and superior officers only8. pălūdāmentum (a general's official c.9. ăbolla (a thick c., worn by philosophers)10. endrŏmis, ĭdis. f. (a coarse warm wrapper used by athletes after going through their exercises) • cloak (subs.): 1. pallium, dim. palliŏlum, poet. palla (the last esp. of the tragic robe, "palla honesta," Hor. A. P. 278, or a lady's mantle: q. v.): this was "the most common article of the amictus," or external attire (Dict. Ant. 852 a.), and consisted of a simple square of woollen or linen fabric (p. laneum, linteum): it also served as a blanket on occasion. Strictly, therefore, it was rather a shawl (q. v.) than a cloak. Wearing such a garment, palliātus: Cic. 2. lăcerna (a thick c. used to throw over the toga in bad weather: its form was similar to that of the pallium: v. Dict. Ant. s. v.): Cic.: Ov. Wearing the lacerna, lacernātus: Vell. 3. laena (= pallium laneum: rare): Varr.: Cic. 4. paenŭla (a travelling c., with a cape or hood to it): Cic.: Hor. Dressed in such a c., paenŭlātus: Cic.: Sen. 5. chlămys, y̆dis, f. (prop. a foreign garment: lighter and more ornamental than the preceding): Cic.: Virg. Wearing such a c. or scarf, chlămy̆dātus: Pl.: Cic. 6. ămĭcŭlum (a general term, applicable to any one of the preceding; corresponding as it does to amictus: v. supr. 1): Cic.: Nep. 7. săgum, săgŭlum (a soldier's c.; whereas the paludamentum was worn by generals and superior officers only: slaves also wore saga: see Cato, R. R. 59): to put on the war-cloak, i. e. to enter a state of war, saga sumere, ad s. ire, Cic.: the term is sometimes applied to the cloak of a general also, esp. when he is not appearing in an official character: cf. Liv. 21, 4, "militari sagulo opertus" (of Hannibal). Wearing the military c., săgātus: Cic. 8. pălūdāmentum (a general's official c.: v. No. 7): Liv.: Plin. Wearing such a c., pălūdātus: Liv. 9. ăbolla (a thick c., worn by philosophers): Suet.: Juv. 10. endrŏmis, ĭdis. f. (a coarse warm wrapper used by athletes after going through their exercises): Mart. N.B. For cloak in fig. sense, see pretext, pretence.
cloak (v.) Copy link Outline 1. dissĭmŭlo, 12. praetendo, di, sum, and tum, 3 (lit. to extend something in front, so as to hide another thing3. praetexo, ui, xtum, 3 (similar in sense to praetendo • cloak (v.) i. e. to hide a thing under a pretext: 1. dissĭmŭlo, 1: to invent nothing, c. nothing, conceal nothing, nihil fingere, nihil d., nihil obtegere, Cic.: Sall.: v. to disguise, feign. 2. praetendo, di, sum, and tum, 3 (lit. to extend something in front, so as to hide another thing: with acc. and dat.): you are in the habit of c.ing your brutal ways with the name of a great philosopher (Pythagoras), hominis doctissimi nomen immanibus tuis moribus soles p., Cic.: Quint. 3. praetexo, ui, xtum, 3 (similar in sense to praetendo: with acc. and abl.): to c. one's fault under (another) name, culpam (alio) nomine p., Virg.: Tac. See also to hide, palliate, excuse.
CLOKE, CLOAK Copy link • CLOKE, CLOAK 1. amiculum (large, wide, but short and open in front, worn by women. Liv., 27, 4, and 34, 7, as well as by men, Nep., Dat., 3, 2): pallium, diminutive, palliolum (the wide Grecian cloak worn in earlier times at Rome by women only, later by men also. ☞ The pallium was likewise used to rest or sleep on; he who wears such a cloak, palliatus): paenula (a narrower garment with a cape to it, worn, as a protection against the inclemency of the weather, by people of both sexes and of every age, station, and rank; especially on journeys, on the march; it likewise served as either upper or under bed cavering; Vid: Sen., , Ep., 87, 2: he that wears it, paenulatus): lacerna (thick woolen cloak, consisting of a single piece of cloth, worn as a protection against cold and rain, as well in war as in time of peace: he that wears it, lacernatus): laena (χλαὶνα, similar to the lacerna, only occurs in the poets of the Silver Age): paludamentum, sagum, diminutive sagulum (the proper war-habit of the Romans; the paludamentum, longer and wider; the sagum. shorter and narrower: generally, paludamentum is used in speaking of the war-cloak of the general: he that wears it, paludatus; sagatus or sagulatus): chlamys (χλαμύς, the war-dress of the Greeks, especially of the Greek caralry, quite similar to the sagum; it was entirely open in front, and is only used when speaking of Greeks: in later times a cloak, similar to the war-dress of the Greeks, worn by women, boys, and Citharoedi, etc.): abolla (double, or, rather, a lined cloak, which also served as a bed-cover, used by tracelers, soldiers, and also philosophers): palla (the state-cloak, or dress-cloak, of the Roman ladies; also worn by actors on the stage and singers: he that wears it, palla amictus): gausapa: amphimalla (winter-cloak of thick stuff; the gausapa shaggy on one side, and the amphimalla on both: they were introduced about the time of Plin.; Vid: Hist. Sat., 8, 48, 73): endromis, idis, f. (a thick, warm cloak, which generally was put on by runners, prize fighters, and people who had been playing at ball, etc., after the game, to save themselves from taking cold). To wear a cloak, amiculo circumdatum esse; pallium, etc., gestare: pallio, etc., amictum esse: to put on one’s cloak with taste (i. e., with regard to the folds it makes), collocare chlamydem, ut apte pendeat (Ov., Met., 2, 733): pallium or pallam componere (after Hor.., Sat., 2, 3, 77: Quint., 11, 3, 156): to put on another cloak, pallium commutare: to take up one’s cloak, pallium attollere: pallium colligere (to keep it clean). FIG., pretext, species (by which one endeavors to gire whatever is evil or suspicious the appearance of innocence): praetextus only used in post-Augustan age instead of simulatio (alicujus rei), pretext, cloak under which one conceals the truth: to cover a very bad thing with the cloak of integrity, bonesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegere: to wrap one’s self in the cloak of virtue, virtute se involvere (Hor., Od., 3, 29, 55): to cover anything with the cloak of charity, aliquid humanitate tegere (Nep., Dion, 2, 4). Vid :, also, PRETEXT. 2. v. conceal by a pretext (any thing), rem involucris tegere et quasi velis obtendere. also velare rem only. To cloak anything with anything, praetendere aliquid alicui rei: rem tegere or occultare aliqua re: rem excusatione alicujus rei tegere (by excuses; Vid: Cic., Lael., 12, 43): rem in alicujus rei simulationem conferre (c. g, timorem in rei frumentariae simulatione in conferebant. Caes., B.G., 1, 40): rem colorare nomine aliquo (Val. Max., 8, 2, 2): to endeavor to cloak anything, velamentum alicui rei quaerere (Sen., De Vit. Beat., 12): to cloak an infamous thing. honesta praescriptione rem turpem tegere: rei deformi dare colorem (both =palliate or to make plausible, to give an external coloring, Caes., B.G., 3, 32; Quint., 3, 8, 44): to cloak one’s crime with fine words, splendida verba praetendere culpae suae (Ov., Rem., 240): integumentis involvere aliquid; nomine alicujus rei aliquid involvere (both Val. Max.): nomine alicujus rei tegere atque velare aliquid (e.g. cupiditatem suam. Cic.).