torquatus

torquātus, a, um, adj. [torques],

adorned with a neck-chain or collar. In gen.: miles, presented with a chain for his bravery , Veg. Mil. 2, 7 fin. : affuit Alecto brevibus torquata colubris, with snakes coiled about her neck , Ov. H. 2, 119: palumbus, the ring-dove , Mart. 13, 67, 1: quid de aliis dicimus, qui calamistratos et torquatos habeant in ministerio, Amhros. Ep. 69, 7.