Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Virgatus

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

VIRGA'TUS (ῥαβδωτός). Striped, like a tiger (Sil. Ital. v. 148.); hence, of drapery ornamented with long stripes (virgae) of gold or various colours woven into the pattern, as exhibited on the tunic of the annexed figure (Virgatus/1.1), representing Priam, in the Vatican Virgil. Virg. Aen. viii. 660. Sil. Ital. iv. 155.

2. Made or plaited with twigs (virgae), like a basket. Catull. 64. 319.

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  Virgatus/1.1