stola

stŏla, ae, f., = stolê, a long upper garment.

I.

Orig., as with the Greeks, worn by any one: squalidā saeptus stolā, Enn. ap. Non. 537, 27 (Trag. v. 373 Vahl.); Ov. F. 6, 654: saeptus mendici stolā, Enn. ap. Non. 537, 28 (Trag. v. 372 Vahl.):

lugubri stolā succincta,

id. ib. 198, 4 (Trag. v. 134 id.); so,

muliebris,

Varr. ib. 537, 29 sq. —

II.

Later, with the Romans, in partic.,

A.

Lit., a long female upper garment, worn by the Roman matrons, and reaching from the neck to the ankles, a robe, gown, stole (cf. palla):

vestimenta muliebria... veluti stolae, pallia, tunicae, etc.,

Dig. 34, 2, 23; cf.:

vir fortis stolam indutus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 13, 3:

(Dianae) erat admodum amplum signum cum stolā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74:

ad talos stola demissa,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 99; Ov. P. 3, 3, 52; cf. id. Tr. 2, 252; Mart. 3, 93, 4; 10, 5, 1; Auct. Priap. 12, 11:

tamquam stolam dedisset, in matrimonio conlocavit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44.—Hence, also, of the dress of a voluptuary, Hor. S. 1, 2, 71;

of a cithern-player,

Varr. R. R. 3, 13, 3; Ov. F. 6, 654;

of the priests of Isis,

App. M. 11, p. 269, 5.—

B.

Transf., a noble woman, lady, dame, matron:

hic eques, hic juvenum coetu stola mixta laborat,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 235; Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 140; Val. Max. 2, 1, 5. —

III.

In eccl. Lat., a royal robe, Vulg. 1 Par. 15, 27.—

2.

Of the Jewish priests, Vulg. 2 Macc. 3, 15.—

3.

A dress of ceremony, Vulg. Luc. 20, 46.