pallĭātus, a, um, adj. [pallium], dressed in a pallium, cloaked, usually said of Greeks.
I 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.—
II Trop., covered , protected , Val. Max. 3, 8, 3.