embellished

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orno, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of the perf. ORNAVET, Column. Rostr.; v. infra), v. a. [perh. root var-, cover; Sanscr. varna-, color], to fit out, furnish, provide with necessaries; to equip, to get ready, prepare (class.; syn. exorno, concinno).

In gen.:

age nunc, orna te,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 10:

prandium domi,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 53: ornatur ferro Enn. ap. Gell. 16, 10 (Ann. v. 190 Vahl.):

aliquem armis,

Verg. A. 12, 344:

decemviros apparitoribus, scribis, librariis, praeconibus, architectis, praeterea mulis, tabernaculis, centuriis, supellectili,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32:

aliquem pecuniā,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 3: CLASESQVE-NAVALES-PRIMOS-ORNAVET, fitted out, Column. Rostr.:

maximas classes,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; cf. Liv. 9, 30:

naves,

id. 40, 26:

convivium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 44:

copias omnibus rebus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20:

provincias,

to furnish money, arms, and attendants to governors setting out for their provinces, id. Att. 3, 24, 1; id. ib. 4, 18, 2; Liv. 40, 36, 5; so,

consules,

id. ib. —Hence, to trim, provide with oil:

lampades,

Vulg. Matt. 25, 7.—

In partic., to ornament, adorn, embellish, deck, set off.

Lit.:

Italiam ornare quam domum suam, maluit: quamquam, Italiā ornatā, domus ipsa mihi videtur ornatior,

Cic. Off. 2, 22, 76:

scuta ad forum ornandum,

Liv. 9, 40:

cornua sertis,

Verg. A. 7, 488:

monilia collum,

Ov. M. 5, 52.—Of dressing the hair, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5:

capillos,

id. ib. 2, 7, 23; Prop. 1, 2, 1.—

Trop., to adorn, decorate, set off; to commend, praise, extol; to honor, show honor to, distinguish:

aliquid magnificentius augere atque ornare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

seditiones ipsas,

id. ib. 2, 28, 124:

aliquem suis sententiis,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 11: dicere, laudandum adulescentem, ornandum, tollendum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1:

civitatem omnibus rebus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

aliquem maximis beneficiis,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 5:

aliquem laudibus,

id. Phil. 2, 11, 25:

egressum alicujus frequentiā suā,

id. Pis. 13, 31:

candidatum suffragio,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 8: aliquem ornare, to bestow honor upon, advance to honor, Cic. Fam. 1, 1:

hederā poëtam,

Verg. E. 7, 25.—Ironically:

ornatus esses,

would have been rewarded, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 22.—Hence, ornātus, a, um, P. a.

Fitted out, furnished, provided with necessaries, equipped, accoutred, splendidly furnished (class.;

syn.: instructus, praeditus): sapiens plurimis artibus instructus et ornatus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

scutis telisque parati ornatique,

id. Caecin. 21, 60:

equus ornatus,

Liv. 27, 19:

elephantus,

Nep. Hann. 3, 4:

naves paratissimae, atque omni genere armorum ornatissimae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

fundus,

Cic. Quint. 31, 98:

Graecia copiis non instructa solum, sed etiam ornata,

not provided merely, but also splendidly furnished, id. Phil. 10, 4, 9.— Transf.:

ingenio bono,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 89.—

In partic., ornamented, adorned, decked, decorated, embellished, handsome, ornate:

sepulcrum floribus ornatum,

Cic. Fl. 38, 95.— Comp.:

nihil ornatius,

Cic. Sen. 16, 57.—Esp., adorned with all good qualities, excellent, distinguished, eminent, illustrious:

lectissimus atque ornatissimus adulescens,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

in dicendo,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 42; id. ib. 1, 11, 49:

homo ornatissimus loco, ordine, nomine, virtute, ingenio, copiis,

honored, respected, id. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 127:

ornati elaboratique versus,

embellished, id. Or. 11, 36:

oratio,

id. de Or. 1, 12, 50:

locus ad dicendum ornatissimus,

admirably adapted, id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1.—Hence, adv.: ornātē, with ornament, ornamentally, ornately, elegantly (class.):

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53:

apte, distincte, ornate dicere,

id. Off. 1, 1, 2.— Comp.:

causas agere ornatius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1.— Sup.:

causam ornatissime et copiosissime defendere,

Cic. Brut. 5, 21.

cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo].

To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian):

dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā,

Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.:

nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant,

id. 3, 259:

quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima,

id. 4, 27.—

To care for, take care of.

Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.:

amica dum comit dumque se exornat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19:

capillos,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832:

nitidum caput,

Tib. 1, 8, 16:

caput in gradus atque anulos,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

comas acu,

id. 2, 5, 12:

comas hasta recurva,

Ov. F. 2, 560:

capillos dente secto,

Mart. 12, 83.— Transf. to the person:

sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā,

wreathed, Verg. A. 7, 751:

Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta,

id. Cul. 218:

pueri praecincti et compti,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 70:

longas compta puella comas,

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.—

In partic., to adorn, deck, ornament:

corpora si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: colla genasque,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 110:

vultus,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 337:

vestes et cingula manu,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 525.—

Transf. of things:

vittā comptos praetendere ramos,

Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—

Trop., to deck, adorn:

Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem,

Luc. 10, 83.—Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament:

non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio),

Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.:

linguae orationisque comendae gratiā,

Gell. 1, 9, 10.—Hence, comptus ( - mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked:

juvenes ut femina compti,

Ov. H. 4, 75:

anima mundissima atque comptissima,

Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.—But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant:

compta et mitis oratio,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita):

comptior sermo,

Tac. H. 1, 19:

(Vinicius) comptae facundiae,

id. A. 6, 15.— Transf. to the person:

Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus,

Quint. 10, 1, 79. — Adv.: comptē ( comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.:

compte disserere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6:

agere rem,

Gell. 7, 3, 52.—

* Comp.:

comptius dicere,

Gell. 7, 3, 53.— Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).

cŏmo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].

Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.—But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.

Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

colla equorum,

Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.:

equus florā et comante jubā,

Gell. 3, 9, 3:

equae,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

tori,

Verg. A. 12, 6:

crines,

Sil. 16, 59:

saetae hircorum,

Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.:

pellis comata villis,

Val. Fl. 8, 122:

galea = cristata,

crested, plumed, Verg. A. 2, 391; cf.

cristae,

id. ib. 3, 468.—

Transf., of growths, etc., resembling hair:

stella,

having a radiant, hairy train, a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749:

astro comantes Tyndaridae,

ornamented with stars, Val. Fl. 5, 267:

sera comans narcissus,

that puts out leaves late, Verg. G. 4, 122:

dictamnus flore Purpureo,

id. A. 12, 413:

jugum silvae,

leafy, Val. Fl. 3, 403:

silvae,

id. 1, 429:

folia,

luxuriant, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59:

pinus,

Sil. 10, 550:

humus,

Stat. Th. 5, 502.—

Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.—Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair:

tempora,

Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.—As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.— Transf.:

silva,

leafy, Cat. 4, 11.

cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo].

To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian):

dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā,

Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.:

nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant,

id. 3, 259:

quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima,

id. 4, 27.—

To care for, take care of.

Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.:

amica dum comit dumque se exornat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19:

capillos,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832:

nitidum caput,

Tib. 1, 8, 16:

caput in gradus atque anulos,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

comas acu,

id. 2, 5, 12:

comas hasta recurva,

Ov. F. 2, 560:

capillos dente secto,

Mart. 12, 83.— Transf. to the person:

sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā,

wreathed, Verg. A. 7, 751:

Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta,

id. Cul. 218:

pueri praecincti et compti,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 70:

longas compta puella comas,

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.—

In partic., to adorn, deck, ornament:

corpora si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: colla genasque,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 110:

vultus,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 337:

vestes et cingula manu,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 525.—

Transf. of things:

vittā comptos praetendere ramos,

Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—

Trop., to deck, adorn:

Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem,

Luc. 10, 83.—Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament:

non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio),

Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.:

linguae orationisque comendae gratiā,

Gell. 1, 9, 10.—Hence, comptus ( - mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked:

juvenes ut femina compti,

Ov. H. 4, 75:

anima mundissima atque comptissima,

Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.—But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant:

compta et mitis oratio,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita):

comptior sermo,

Tac. H. 1, 19:

(Vinicius) comptae facundiae,

id. A. 6, 15.— Transf. to the person:

Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus,

Quint. 10, 1, 79. — Adv.: comptē ( comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.:

compte disserere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6:

agere rem,

Gell. 7, 3, 52.—

* Comp.:

comptius dicere,

Gell. 7, 3, 53.— Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).

cŏmo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].

Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.—But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.

Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

colla equorum,

Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.:

equus florā et comante jubā,

Gell. 3, 9, 3:

equae,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

tori,

Verg. A. 12, 6:

crines,

Sil. 16, 59:

saetae hircorum,

Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.:

pellis comata villis,

Val. Fl. 8, 122:

galea = cristata,

crested, plumed, Verg. A. 2, 391; cf.

cristae,

id. ib. 3, 468.—

Transf., of growths, etc., resembling hair:

stella,

having a radiant, hairy train, a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749:

astro comantes Tyndaridae,

ornamented with stars, Val. Fl. 5, 267:

sera comans narcissus,

that puts out leaves late, Verg. G. 4, 122:

dictamnus flore Purpureo,

id. A. 12, 413:

jugum silvae,

leafy, Val. Fl. 3, 403:

silvae,

id. 1, 429:

folia,

luxuriant, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59:

pinus,

Sil. 10, 550:

humus,

Stat. Th. 5, 502.—

Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.—Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair:

tempora,

Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.—As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.— Transf.:

silva,

leafy, Cat. 4, 11.

fūco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. fucus], to color, paint, dye.

In gen.:

Alba nec Assyrio fucatur lana veneno,

Verg. G. 2, 465; so,

vellera Milesia saturo hyali colore,

id. ib. 4, 334:

tabulas colore,

Tac. A. 2, 14:

pinnas vario veneno,

Nemes. Cyneg. 309:

frena spumis sanguineis (equus),

Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 350:

humida creta colorque Stercore fucatus crocodili,

i. e. paint made of crocodile's dung, Hor. Epod. 12, 11 (cf. Plin. 28, 8, 28, § 109).—

In partic., with cosmetics, to paint, to rouge.

Lit.:

fucandi cura coloris,

Ov. Tr. 2, 487:

corpora vulsa atque fucata,

Quint. 8 praef. § 19.—

Trop.:

unumquodque genus (dicendi) cum fucatur atque praelinitur, fit praestigiosum,

is embellished too much, Gell. 7, 14, 11.—Hence, fūcātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), painted, colored, beautified, falsified, counterfeit (a favorite word of Cic.; syn.: simulatus;

opp. sincerus, verus, naturalis): secerni blandus amicus a vero et internosci tam potest adhibita diligentia quam omnia fucata et simulata a sinceris atque veris,

Cic. Lael. 25, 95:

naturalis non fucatus nitor,

id. Brut. 9, 36; cf.:

fucati medicamenta candoris et ruboris omnia repellentur: elegantia modo et munditia remanebit,

id. Or. 23, 79:

signa probitatis non fucata forensi specie, sed domesticis inusta notis veritatis,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

iisdem ineptiis fucata sunt illa omnia,

id. Mur. 12, 26:

puer subdolae ac fucatae vernilitatis,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79.— Comp.:

versus Homeri fucatior (opp. simplicior et sincerior),

Gell. 13, 26, 3.—

* Adv.: fūcāte, with paint or color: fucatius concinnata carmina, Aus. in prosa post Idyll. 3.