ădornātē

ăd-orno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to prepare a thing for some definite object, to get ready, to furnish, provide, fit out, equip, kosmeô.

In gen. (class.;

esp. freq. in Plaut. and Cic.): quin tu mihi adornas ad fugam viaticum,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 9:

nuptias,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 67; so also id. Aul. 2, 1, 35:

fugam,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 6 (cf.:

fugam aut furtum parat,

id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14):

maria classibus et praesidiis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

forum comitiumque adornatum, ad speciem magnifico ornatu, ad sensum cogitationemque acerbo et lugubri,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 22:

ut accusationem et petitionem consulatus adornet atque instruat,

prepare, id. Mur. 22, 46:

testium copiam,

to produce, id. Clu. 6:

invenire et adornare comparationem criminis,

id. ib. 67:

contra haec Pompeius naves magnas onerarias adornabat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

omni opulentiā insignium armorum bellum adornaverant,

Liv. 10, 38.—Anteclass. constr. with inf.:

tragulam in te inicere adornat,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 25.—And absol.:

adorna, ut rem divinam faciam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 2; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 34.—

To put an ornament upon one; hence, to decorate, adorn, embellish with something (mostly in the Aug. per.; esp. in the histt.): aliquem aliqua re:

(Numa) flaminem insigni veste et curuli regiā sellā adornavit,

Liv. 1, 20:

triumphum,

Vell. 2, 122; so Suet. Aug. 29; id. Tib. 43; id. Calig. 45; id. Ner. 12; 38: [p. 45] Curt. 3, 3, 13; 17 al.— Trop.:

tantis adornatus virtutibus,

Vell. 2, 2:

praecipuis donis,

id. 2, 121:

bene facta suis verbis,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15:

adornata verbis,

Tac. A. 1, 52:

legem leviter (sc. verbis) adornabit, ut justam,

Quint. 7, 1, 47.—Hence, * ădornātē, adv.: declamabat splendide atque adornate, brilliantly and elegantly (opp. circumcise ac sordide), Suet. Rhet. 6.