beautify

beautify, embellish, adorn.

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dĕcŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [decus], to decorate, adorn, embellish, grace, beautify (class, and freq.).

Lit., with abl.:

Larem corona nostrum decorari volo,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 1:

oppidum ex pecunia sua locis communibus monumentisque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46; Verg. A. 6, 217:

templa novo saxo,

Hor. Od. 2, 15, 20:

dissignatorem lictoribus atris,

surrounds, id. Ep. 1, 7, 6, etc.:

quae tuos digitos decorat,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 58; cf. so without abl., Tib. 2, 2, 6:

nescias an te generum beati Phyllidis flavae decorent parentes,

Hor. Od. 2, 4, 14; Liv. 1, 26 et saep. —

Trop., to decorate, distinguish, honor, with abl.: nemo me lacrumis decoret nec funera fletu Faxit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; cf.:

egregias animas... decorate supremis Muneribus,

Verg. A. 11, 25:

quem populus R. singularibus honoribus decorasset,

Cic. Balb. 6 fin.; cf.:

aliquem amplissimis honoribus et praemiis,

id. de Or. 1, 54, 232:

O clementiam admirabilem atque omni laude decorandam!

id. Lig. 2 fin.:

delubra deorum pietate, domos suas gloriā,

Sall. C. 12, 4:

nec prave factis decorari versibus opto,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 266:

inani vocis sono decoratum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119 et saep. —Without abl.:

quam (remp.) ipse decorarat atque auxerat,

id. Pis. 12, 27; id. Brut. 75, 265:

bene nummatum decorat Suadela Venusque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 38.—Hence, dĕ-cŏrātus, a, um, P. a., adorned, beautiful.—In sup.: orationes, Boeth. Arist. Elench. Soph. 1, 12, p. 743.

dĕcŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [decus], to decorate, adorn, embellish, grace, beautify (class, and freq.).

Lit., with abl.:

Larem corona nostrum decorari volo,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 1:

oppidum ex pecunia sua locis communibus monumentisque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46; Verg. A. 6, 217:

templa novo saxo,

Hor. Od. 2, 15, 20:

dissignatorem lictoribus atris,

surrounds, id. Ep. 1, 7, 6, etc.:

quae tuos digitos decorat,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 58; cf. so without abl., Tib. 2, 2, 6:

nescias an te generum beati Phyllidis flavae decorent parentes,

Hor. Od. 2, 4, 14; Liv. 1, 26 et saep. —

Trop., to decorate, distinguish, honor, with abl.: nemo me lacrumis decoret nec funera fletu Faxit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; cf.:

egregias animas... decorate supremis Muneribus,

Verg. A. 11, 25:

quem populus R. singularibus honoribus decorasset,

Cic. Balb. 6 fin.; cf.:

aliquem amplissimis honoribus et praemiis,

id. de Or. 1, 54, 232:

O clementiam admirabilem atque omni laude decorandam!

id. Lig. 2 fin.:

delubra deorum pietate, domos suas gloriā,

Sall. C. 12, 4:

nec prave factis decorari versibus opto,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 266:

inani vocis sono decoratum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119 et saep. —Without abl.:

quam (remp.) ipse decorarat atque auxerat,

id. Pis. 12, 27; id. Brut. 75, 265:

bene nummatum decorat Suadela Venusque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 38.—Hence, dĕ-cŏrātus, a, um, P. a., adorned, beautiful.—In sup.: orationes, Boeth. Arist. Elench. Soph. 1, 12, p. 743.

ex-tollo, ĕre ( pluperf. exsustulissent, Sen. Contr. 1, 6, 4), v. a., to lift out or up, to raise up, elevate (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.

In gen.: (venti) fluctus extollere certant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 ed. Vahl.): me in abietem, Att. ap. Non. 467, 19 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 188):

onera in jumenta,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 3:

alte cruentum pugionem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28: lumbos surgite atque extollite, Plaut. Ep. grex 2: neve tu umquam in gremium extollas liberorum ex te genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 ed. Vahl.).— Absol.:

quae sit scientia atque ars agricolarum quae circumcidat, amputet, erigat, extollat, adminiculetur,

Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39. —

In partic., to erect a building (anteand post-class.); without acc., to build, Dig. 8, 5, 5.—So trop.:

parentes fabri liberūm sunt, ei fundamentum supstruont liberorum, extollunt, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 41. —

Trop., to raise, elevate, exalt:

ubi illa antiqua libertas, quae extollere jam caput debebat?

Cic. Planc. 13, 33:

fortunam (opp. deprimere),

id. Pis. 18, 41 (v. deprimo):

inferiores (opp. summittere se),

id. Lael. 20, 72:

aliquem ad caelum,

to extol, id. Fam. 12, 25, 7:

aliquem supra ceteros,

Tac. A. 6, 8: summam famam sibi, Enn. ap. Isid. Differ. 218 (Trag. v. 28 ed. Vahl.):

adolescentium animos praematuris honoribus ad superbiam,

Tac. A. 4, 17:

ne paterna nobilitas nepoti animos extolleret,

Just. 1, 4, 4;

Sen. de Ira, 1, 7: meritum alicujus verbis,

Cic. Planc. 40, 95:

nostram causam laudando,

Auct. Her. 1, 5 fin.:

aliquid in majus,

Liv. 28, 31; Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 1:

an mavis virtuperarier falso quam vero extolli?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 21:

Hannibalis fortunam,

to praise, Liv. 23, 43, 10:

hostem verbis,

id. 22, 25, 12:

orationem amplificationibus,

Quint. 12, 10, 62; cf.:

humilia (stilo),

id. 10, 4, 1:

animos,

Cic. Part. Or. 23, 81; Luc. 8, 345:

animus remissione sic urgetur, ut se nequeat extollere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 54:

se supra modum,

Quint. 11, 1, 16:

vocem,

to begin to speak, Vulg. Luc. 11, 27.—

To adorn, deck, beautify:

(hortos) a Lucullo coeptos insigni magnificentia extollebat,

Tac. A. 11, 1:

Baiarum suarum piscinas,

id. ib. 13, 21.—

To put off, defer (only anteclass.):

res serias ex hoc die in alium diem,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 52:

hoc malum in diem,

id. Mil. 3, 2, 47: nuptias hodie, Caecil. ap. Non. 297, 28.

per-cōlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to strain through, to filter, percolate.

Lit.:

tum vinum percolato, polentam abicito,

Cato, R. R. 108; Cels. 6, 9; Col. 12, 41, 2; Plin. 31, 6, 37, § 70.—

Transf., in gen., to cause to pass through:

umor per terras percolatur,

passes through, Lucr. 2, 475: cibos et potiones, to pass through one, i. e. to swallow and digest, Sen. Q. N. praef. §

3: terra bibula crebros imbros percolat atque transmittit,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 110.

per-cŏlo, cŏlŭi, cultum, 3, v. a.

Lit.

To cultivate, of the soil; hence, to inhabit:

Eleusiniam glebam,

App. M. 11, 2, p. 257.—

To perfect, finish:

incohata percolui,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 41.—

Transf.

To cleanse:

os curā,

App. Mag. 8.—

To deck, beautify, adorn:

aliquid eloquentiā,

Tac. Agr. 10.—

To honor greatly, to revere, reverence:

si patrem percoles,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 4:

conjugem liberosque,

Tac. A. 4, 68:

multos praefecturis et procurationibus, plerosque senatorii ordinis honore,

id. H. 2, 82:

deos,

Sol. 22, 7:

dei numen in uxoris laboribus percolens,

App. M. 6, 15, p. 179:

Aegyptii cerimoniis me propriis percolentes appellant Isidem,

id. ib. 11. 5, p. 259:

initia Cereris,

celebrate, Aur. Vict. Caes. 14, 4:

funus,

id. ib. 20, 30.—

To persecute, pursue, cultivate:

vestras disciplinas studiosius,

App. Flor. 4, 18, p. 361:

cumulata habent quae sedulo percolunt,

id. Deo Soc. 22, p. 54.—Hence, percultus, a, um, P. a.:

femina perculta,

highly adorned, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 22.

purpŭro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [purpura].

Act., to purple, i. e. to make purple-colored, to dye with purple: undas, i. e. to darken (cf. purpureus), Furius ap. Gell. 18, 11, 3:

purpurati nimium ocelli,

Mart. Cap. 9, § 918.—

Transf., to beautify, adorn, App. M. 6, p. 427 Oud.—

Neutr., to be purple or purple-colored:

purpurantes violae,

Arn. 5, 160; Prud. Cath. 6, 82: purpurantem pingit annum floribus, Auct. Pervig. [p. 1494] Ven. 12; App. M. 10, p. 149, 9.—

Transf., to be painted or adorned, to shine: quae frondens purpurat auro, Col. poët. 10, 101 dub. (al. quae frondent purpurā et auro).

tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 ( perf. terii, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; perf. sync. tristi, Cat. 66, 30), v. a. [root ter; Gr. teirô, truô, tribô, to rub; cf. Lat. tribulare, triticum; akin to terên, tender, Lat. teres], to rub, rub to pieces; to bruise, grind, bray, triturate (syn.: frico, tundo, pinso).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

In gen.: num me illuc ducis, ubi lapis lapidem terit? (i. e. into a mill), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 16:

lacrimulam oculos terendo vix vi exprimere,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23:

teritur lignum ligno ignemque concipit attritu,

Plin. 16, 40, 77. § 208: sed nihil hederā praestantius quae [p. 1860] teritur, lauro quae terat, id. ib.:

aliquid in mortario,

id. 34, 10, 22, § 104:

aliquid in farinam,

id. 34, 18, 50, § 170:

bacam trapetis,

Verg. G. 2, 519:

unguibus herbas,

Ov. M. 9, 655:

dentes in stipite,

id. ib. 8, 369:

lumina manu,

Cat. 66, 30:

sucina trita redolent,

Mart. 3, 64, 5:

piper,

Petr. 74:

Appia trita rotis,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 44:

cibum in ventre,

i. e. to digest, Cels. 1 praef. med. — Poet.: labellum calamo, i. e. to rub one ' s lip (in playing), Verg. E. 2, 34:

calcemque terit jam calce Diores,

treads upon, id. A. 5, 324:

crystalla labris,

Mart. 9, 23, 7.—

In partic.

To rub grain from the ears by treading, to tread out, thresh:

frumentum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5:

milia frumenti tua triverit area centum,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 45:

area dum messes teret,

Tib. 1, 5, 22:

teret area culmos,

Verg. G. 1, 192; cf.:

ut patria careo, bis frugibus area trita est,

i. e. it has twice been harvest-time, Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 19.—

To cleanse or beautify by rubbing, to smooth, furbish, burnish, polish, sharpen (syn.:

polio, acuo): oculos,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 103:

crura mordaci pumice,

Ov. A. A. 1, 506:

hinc radios trivere rotis,

smoothed, turned, Verg. G. 2, 444:

vitrum torno,

Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193:

catillum manibus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 90:

tritus cimice lectus,

Mart. 11, 33, 1.—

To lessen by rubbing, to rub away; to wear away by use, wear out:

(navem) ligneam, saepe tritam,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 52:

hoc (tempus) rigidas silices, hoc adamanta terit,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6. 14:

ferrum,

to dull, id. M. 12, 167:

mucronem rubigine silicem liquore,

Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 15:

trita labore colla,

Ov. M. 15, 124:

trita subucula,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96:

trita vestis,

id. ib. 1, 19, 38:

librum,

i. e. to read often, Mart. 8, 3, 4; 11, 3, 4; cf.:

quid haberet, Quod legeret tereretque viritim publicus usus?

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 92:

pocula labris patrum trita,

Mart. 11, 12, 3: ut illum di terant, qui primum olitor caepam protulit, crush, annihilate, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 681 P.—

Of persons, pass., to be employed in. occupied with:

nos qui in foro verisque litibus terimur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5:

litibus,

id. ib. 10, 12, 3.—

To tread often, to visit, frequent a way or place (cf.:

calco, calcito): angustum formica terens iter,

Verg. G. 1, 380:

iter propositum,

Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 14:

Appiam mannis,

Hor. Epod. 4, 14:

viam,

Ov. A. A. 1, 52; Lucr. 1, 927:

via trita pede,

Tib. 4, 13, 10:

ambulator porticum terit,

Mart. 2, 11, 2:

limina,

id. 10, 10, 2:

mea nocturnis trita fenestra dolis,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 16:

nec jam clarissimorum virorum receptacula habitatore servo teruntur,

Plin. Pan. 50, 3: flavaeque terens querceta Maricae Liris, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr 259. —

In mal. part.:

Bojus est, Bojam terit,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108; so Prop. 3, 11 (4. 10), 30; Petr. 87. —

Trop. (freq. in good prose).

To wear away, use up, i. e. to pass, spend time; usu. to waste, spend in dissipation, etc. (syn.:

absumo, consumo): teritur dies,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 20:

diem sermone terere segnities merast,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 67:

naves diem trivere,

Liv. 37, 27, 8:

tempus in convivio luxuque,

id. 1, 57, 9:

tempus ibi in secreto,

id. 26, 19, 5:

omnem aetatem in his discendis rebus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

teretur interea tempus,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 30:

jam alteram aetatem bellis civilibus,

Hor. Epod. 16, 1:

omne aevum ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 609:

spe otia,

id. ib. 4, 271:

otium conviviis comissationibusque inter se,

Liv. 1, 57, 5. —

To expend, employ (late Lat.):

qui operam teri frustra,

Amm. 27, 12, 12. —

To exert greatly, exhaust:

ne in opere longinquo sese tererent, Liv 6, 8, 10: ut in armis terant plebem,

id. 6, 27, 7.—

Of language, to wear out by use, i. e. to render common, commonplace, or trite (in verb finit. very rare, but freq. as a P. a.):

jam hoc verbum satis hesterno sermone trivimus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

quae (nomina) nunc consuetudo diurna trivit,

id. Fin. 3, 4, 15.—

To tread under foot, i. e. to injure, violate a thing:

jurata deorum majestas teritur,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 228. — Hence, P. a.: trītus, a, um.

Prop. of a road or way, oft-trodden, beaten, frequented, common:

iter,

Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7:

via,

id. Brut. 81, 281:

quadrijugi spatium,

Ov. M. 2, 167. — Sup.:

tritissima quaeque via,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 2. —

Fig.

Practised, expert:

tritas aures habere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4; so id. Brut. 32, 124.— Comp.:

tritiores manūs ad aedificandum perficere,

Vitr. 2, 1, 6. —

Of language, used often or much, familiar, common, commonplace, trite:

quid in Graeco sermone tam tritum atque celebratum est, quam, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

nomen minus tritum sermone nostro,

id. Rep. 2, 29, 52:

ex quo illud: summum jus summā injuriā factum est jam tritum sermone proverbium,

id. Off. 1, 10, 33.— Comp.:

faciamus tractando usitatius hoc verbum ac tritius,

Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

compedes, quas induere aureas mos tritior vetat,

Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152.