noun · femininefirst declension
brācae
brācae f pl (genitive brācārum)
Meaning
- pluralplural onlytrousers; breeches, britches, pants
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | brācae |
| genitive | — | brācārum |
| dative | — | brācīs |
| accusative | — | brācās |
| ablative | — | brācīs |
| vocative | — | brācae |
brācae (not braccae), ārum (once in sing. brāca, ae, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 34; and as access. form brāces, Edict. Diocl. p. 20), f. Germ.; Swed. brōk; Angl. -Sax. brōk; Engl. breeches; Dutch, broek,
I. trowsers, breeches; orig. worn only by barbarians, i.e. neither Greeks nor Romans:
barbara tegmina crurum, Verg. A. 11, 777; in the time of the emperors also among the Romans, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 49: Galli bracas deposuerunt, latum clavum sumpserunt, Poët. ap. Suet. Caes. 80 al.: virgatae, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 43: bracas indutus, Tac. H. 2, 20; Juv. 2, 169: pictae, Val. Fl. 6, 227: Sarmaticae, id. 5, 424: albae, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40 fin. al.; Cod. Th. 14, 10, 2; cf. Burm. Anth. Lat. 2, p. 518, and bracatus.Origins
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”).
Descendants
- Catalanbragues
- Frenchbraies
- Italianbrache
- Occitanbragas
- Portuguesebragas
- Romanianbrace
- Spanishbragas
- Istriotbrága
- Scottish Gaelicbriogais