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baxea

baxĕa and baxa, ae, f. [πάξ ὑπόδημα εὐυπόδητον, Hesych.],
  • a kind of woven shoe worn on the comic stage and by philosophers (only ante- and post-class. and rare), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 40 (390); Ap. Met. 2, 28, 7; 11, 8, 11; Flor. n. 9.—In sing., Tert. Idol. 8; Pall. 4; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 6 and 13.

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