adjective

pallĭātus

fem. pallĭāta · neut. pallĭātum

dressed in a; cloaked

dressed in a pallium, cloaked, usually said of Greeks.

comedies in which Greek characters were introduced in the Greek dress ••

Lit.: isti Graeci palliati, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3,9: Graeculus judex modo palliatus, modo togatus, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 14; Suet. Caes. 48: Pythagoras, Val. Max. 2, 6, 10: palliata signa Phidiae, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54: illi palliati topiariam facere videantur, i. e. Grecian statues, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5: fabulae palliatae, comedies in which Greek characters were introduced in the Greek dress (opp. the fabulae togatae, in which Roman manners and dresses predominated), Varr. ap. Diom. 4, p. 487 P.; Don. Fragm. ante Comm. in Ter.—

covered; protected figuratively

Trop., covered, protected, Val. Max. 3, 8, 3.

Perseus ID: n33484 Key: palliatus