bracae

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Latin

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Etymology

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Plural of brāca, probably from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brāks, *brōks (rump, hindquarters, leggings, trousers), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrāg- (rump, hock, hindquarters), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (to break, crack, split).

Noun

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brācae f pl (genitive brācārum); first declension

  1. (plural only) trousers; breeches, britches, pants

Usage notes

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The only instance it is used in the singular is by Ovid, in his Tristia.

Declension

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First-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative brācae
Genitive brācārum
Dative brācīs
Accusative brācās
Ablative brācīs
Vocative brācae

Descendants

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  • Catalan: bragues
  • French: braies
  • Italian: brache
  • Occitan: bragas
  • Portuguese: bragas
  • Romanian: brace
  • Spanish: bragas

Scottish Gaelic Briogais

References

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  • bracae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bracae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • bracae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • bracae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bracae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin