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1 honestō
honestō āvī, ātus, āre [honestus], to honor, dignify, decorate, adorn, grace, embellish: honore honestati, S.: quantā (laude) me: ad eum honestandum: si uno basilicae spatio honestamur, are escorted with honor: arma (corpus) honestabant, L.: domino domus honestanda est.* * *honestare, honestavi, honestatus Vhonour (with); adorn, grace -
2 ōrnō
ōrnō āvī, ātus, āre, to fit out, furnish, provide, supply, equip, get ready, prepare: fugam, T.: quos ornaverat armis, V.: classīs, fit out: classis ornandae causā, L.: consulum provincias ornatas esse, i. e. the governors setting out for their provinces: uva Et nux ornabat mensas, H.—To ornament, adorn, embellish, deck, set off: Italiam ornare quam domum suam maluit: scuta ad forum ornandum, L.: cornua sertis, V.: capillos, O.: caput foliis ornatus, V.—Fig., to adorn, decorate, set off, commend, praise, extol, honor, dignify, distinguish: magnificentius ornare quae vellet: civitatem omnibus rebus, Cs.: me laudibus: eum ornasti, have promoted: hederā poëtam, V.: ornatus esses ex tuis virtutibus, would have been rewarded, T.* * *ornare, ornavi, ornatus Vequip; dress; decorate, honor; furnish, adorn, garnish, trim -
3 honesto
hŏnesto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to clothe or adorn with honor; to honor, dignify; to adorn, grace, embellish (class.; cf. honoro), with personal or inanimate objects.1.With personal objects quom me tanto honore honestas, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 106; 2, 1, 50; cf.:II.quod non dignos homines honore honestatos videbam,
Sall. C. 35, 3 Kritz.:tantam laudem, quantā vos me vestris decretis honestatis, nemo est assecutus, Cic Cat 4, 10, 20: Saturnini imagine mortem ejus honestare,
id. Rab. Perd. 9, 24; id. Sull. 29, 81; id. Off. 1, 39, 139:haec famigeratio Te honestet, me autem collutulet,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 67:ad eum augendum atque honestandum,
Cic. Off. 2, 6, 21:a quibus, si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur, diligenter observari videmur et coli,
are honored by being accompanied through the basilica, id. Mur. 34, 70:summi viri Gracchorum et Flacci sanguine non modo se non contaminarunt, sed etiam honestarunt,
id. Cat. 1, 12, 29:quem vultus honestat, Dedecorant mores,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 26; cf.:arma auro et argento distincta corpus rarae magnitudinis honestabant,
Curt. 8, 44, 7:ingens corpus erat (Navii), et arma honestabant,
Liv. 26, 5, 16.—With inanimate objects:nec domo dominus, sed domino domus honestanda est,
Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:L. Pauli currum rex nobilissimus Perses honestavit,
id. Cat. 4, 10, 21:caput (avis) plumeo apice honestante (with distinguere),
Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 3; cf. Curt. 8, 13:formam pudor honestabat,
id. 6, 2; 3, 6 fin.:exornatio est, qua utimur rei honestandae et locupletandae causa,
adorn, Auct. Her. 2, 18, 28; Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 7.
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