PALLIATVE, a name which the Romans give to such plays as laid the plot in Greece, and required the per-
performers to appear in Grecian habits. It is used in contradistinction to toga, in which the scene was laid at Rome, and in which the dresses were Roman. The word palliatæ is derived from pallium, which was a part of dress peculiar to the Greeks; whereas the toga belonged to the Romans only. See TOGATE, COMEDY, &c.