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Toga
‖
To′ga
,Noun.
pl. E.
Togas
(#)
, L. Togae
(#)
. [L., akin to
tegere
to cover. See Thatch
.] (Rom. Antiq.)
The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga praetexta.
‖
Toga praetexta
. [L.]
, a toga with a broad purple border, worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and by persons engaged in sacred rites.
– ‖Toga virilis
[L.]
, the manly gown; the common toga. This was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing their fourteenth year.
Definition 2025
Toga
toga
toga
English

A toga.
Noun
toga (plural togas or togae or togæ)
Derived terms
Translations
loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Rome
loose wrap gown
See also
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
toga
- Alternative form of tooga
Declension
Inflection of toga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | toga | togat | |
genitive | togan | togien | |
partitive | togaa | togia | |
illative | togaan | togiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | toga | togat | |
accusative | nom. | toga | togat |
gen. | togan | ||
genitive | togan | togien togainrare |
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partitive | togaa | togia | |
inessive | togassa | togissa | |
elative | togasta | togista | |
illative | togaan | togiin | |
adessive | togalla | togilla | |
ablative | togalta | togilta | |
allative | togalle | togille | |
essive | togana | togina | |
translative | togaksi | togiksi | |
instructive | — | togin | |
abessive | togatta | togitta | |
comitative | — | togineen |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse toga, cognate with English tow.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʰɔːɣa/
- Rhymes: -ɔːɣa
Verb
toga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative togaði, supine togað)
- (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to pull, to draw, to tug syn.
- (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to trawl
Inflection
toga — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að toga | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
togað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
togandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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present (nútíð) |
ég toga | við togum | present (nútíð) |
ég togi | við togum |
þú togar | þið togið | þú togir | þið togið | ||
hann, hún, það togar | þeir, þær, þau toga | hann, hún, það togi | þeir, þær, þau togi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég togaði | við toguðum | past (þátíð) |
ég togaði | við toguðum |
þú togaðir | þið toguðuð | þú togaðir | þið toguðuð | ||
hann, hún, það togaði | þeir, þær, þau toguðu | hann, hún, það togaði | þeir, þær, þau toguðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
toga (þú) | togið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
togaðu | togiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að togast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
togast | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
togandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses |
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indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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present (nútíð) |
ég togast | við togumst | present (nútíð) |
ég togist | við togumst |
þú togast | þið togist | þú togist | þið togist | ||
hann, hún, það togast | þeir, þær, þau togast | hann, hún, það togist | þeir, þær, þau togist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég togaðist | við toguðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég togaðist | við toguðumst |
þú togaðist | þið toguðust | þú togaðist | þið toguðust | ||
hann, hún, það togaðist | þeir, þær, þau toguðust | hann, hún, það togaðist | þeir, þær, þau toguðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
togast (þú) | togist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
togastu | togisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
togaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
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nominative (nefnifall) |
togaður | toguð | togað | togaðir | togaðar | toguð | |
accusative (þolfall) |
togaðan | togaða | togað | togaða | togaðar | toguð | |
dative (þágufall) |
toguðum | togaðri | toguðu | toguðum | toguðum | toguðum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
togaðs | togaðrar | togaðs | togaðra | togaðra | togaðra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
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nominative (nefnifall) |
togaði | togaða | togaða | toguðu | toguðu | toguðu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
togaða | toguðu | togaða | toguðu | toguðu | toguðu | |
dative (þágufall) |
togaða | toguðu | togaða | toguðu | toguðu | toguðu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
togaða | toguðu | togaða | toguðu | toguðu | toguðu |
Derived terms
- hártogun
- hlaupa eins og fætur toga (to run as fast as one can)
- toga í eitthvað (to pull on something)
- togast
- togast á um (to fight over something, to contend for something)
Synonyms
Latin

statua cum toga (statue with toga)
Etymology
From tegō (“I cover”), related to Ancient Greek στέγω (stégō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈto.ɡa/
Noun
toga f (genitive togae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | toga | togae |
genitive | togae | togārum |
dative | togae | togīs |
accusative | togam | togās |
ablative | togā | togīs |
vocative | toga | togae |
Derived terms
Terms derived from toga
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Descendants
References
- toga in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “toga”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to assume the toga virilis: togam virilem (puram) sumere
- to assume the toga virilis: togam virilem (puram) sumere
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Norwegian tog, Swedish tåg.
Noun
toga
Inflection
Even, no gradation | ||
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Nominative | toga | |
Genitive | toga | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | toga | togat |
Accusative | toga | togaid |
Genitive | toga | togaid |
Illative | togii | togaide |
Locative | togas | togain |
Comitative | togain | togaiguin |
Essive | togan |
Possessive forms | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
1st person | togan | togame | togamet |
2nd person | togat | togade | togadet |
3rd person | togas | togaska | togaset |
Synonyms
- juná (Finland)
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoɣa/
Verb
toga
- second-person singular imperative of do·goa
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
toga | thoga | toga pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɔɡa]
Noun
toga f
Declension
declension of toga
Portuguese
Noun
toga f (plural togas)
- toga (loose outer garment worn by the citizens of ancient Rome)