τήβεννα,ἡ, alsoτήβεννος,ἡ, D.H. 3.61 , Plu. Rom. 26 , Cor. 9 , etc.,=Lat.
A. toga(incl. its varieties thetrabea, etc.), Inscr.Délos 1442
B 34
(ii B.C.), Plb. 10.4.8 , D.H. 2.70 , 3.61 , 5.47 , 6.13 , D.S. 5.40 ; worn by Antiochus Epiphanes, Plb. 26.1A.
2 , Ptol.Euerg. 3
J. : said to be derived fromΤήμενος( Τήβεννος
Suid.
) the Arcadian, Artem. 2.3 , cf. Poll. 7.61 (whereτηβεννίςis prob. cj. forτημενίς); but D.H. 3.61 expressly doubts its Hellenic origin. (The form of the word, and the context in D.H. l.c., suggest that it is Etruscan, but K. O. Müller's conjectureΤυρρηνοίforτύραννοιin EM 756.26 is doubtful.)