threadbare

threadbare
adj.
Torn: P. ῥαγείς (Xen.), V. τρῡχηρός, Ar. and V. δυσπῐνής.
Stale: P. and V. ἀρχαῖος, πᾰλαιός, P. ἕωλος.

THREADBARE

tritus: obsoletus (the latter of clothes or the wearer): attritus (e.g. toga attrita Mart.).

threadbare:

1. obsŏlētus: a t. garment, o. vestis, Liv. 27, 34: a t. man, homo o., Cic. Pis. 36, 89: v. SHABBY.

2. trītus: a t. shirt, t. subucula, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96: also fig.: WORN, TRITE.