stŏla (noun F) = στολή:
* A long upper garment.
* Orig., as with the Greeks, worn by any one: squalidā saeptus stolā, Enn. ap. Non. 537, 27 (Trag. v. 373 Vahl.); Ov. F. 6, 654: saeptus mendici stolā, Enn. ap. Non. 537, 28 (Trag. v. 372 Vahl.): lugubri stolā succincta,id. ib. 198, 4 (Trag. v. 134 id.); so, muliebris,Varr. ib. 537, 29 sq.
* Later, with the Romans, in partic.
* Lit., a long female upper garment, worn by the Roman matrons, and reaching from the neck to the ankles, a robe, gown, stole (cf. palla): vestimenta muliebria ... veluti stolae, pallia, tunicae, etc.,Dig. 34, 2, 23; cf.: vir fortis stolam indutus,Sen. Vit. Beat. 13, 3: (Dianae) erat admodum amplum signum cum stolā,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74: ad talos stola demissa,Hor. S. 1, 2, 99; Ov. P. 3, 3, 52; cf. id. Tr. 2, 252; Mart. 3, 93, 4; 10, 5, 1; Auct. Priap. 12, 11: tamquam stolam dedisset, in matrimonio conlocavit,Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44.—Hence, also, of the dress of a voluptuary, Hor. S. 1, 2, 71; of a cithern-player,Varr. R. R. 3, 13, 3; Ov. F. 6, 654; of the priests of Isis,App. M. 11, p. 269, 5.
* In eccl. Lat., a royal robe, Vulg. 1 Par. 15, 27.
* Of the Jewish priests, Vulg. 2 Macc. 3, 15.
* A dress of ceremony, Vulg. Luc. 20, 46.