gold plate

aurum (Sab. ausum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; vulg. Lat., ōrum, ib. p. 183; cf. Ital. and Span. oro and Fr. or), i, n. [v. aes].

Gold; as a mineral, v. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 66 sqq.:

auri venas invenire,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

venas auri sequi,

Lucr. 6, 808; Tac. G. 5:

aurum igni perspicere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16:

eruere terrā,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53:

auri fodina,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; Vulg. Gen. 2, 11; ib. 2 Par. 2, 7; ib. Matt. 2, 11; Naev. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 797:

ex auro vestis,

id. 2, 22 (ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 20) et saep.—

Provv.: montes auri polliceri,

to promise mountains of gold, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18:

carius auro,

more precious than gold, Cat. 107, 3 (cf.: kreissona chrusou, Aesch. Choëph. 372; chrusou chrusotera, Sapph. Fr. 122. Ellis).—

Meton.

Things made of gold, an ornament of gold, a golden vessel, utensil, etc.:

Nec domus argento fulget nec auro renidet,

gold plate, Lucr. 2, 27. So,

A golden goblet:

et pleno se proluit auro,

Verg. A. 1, 739:

Regales epulae mensis et Bacchus in auro Ponitur,

Ov. M. 6, 488:

tibi non committitur aurum,

Juv. 5, 39; 10, 27; Stat. Th. 5, 188;

and in the hendiadys: pateris libamus et auro = pateris aureis,

Verg. G. 2, 192.—

A golden chain, buckle, clasp, necklace, jewelry:

Oneratas veste atque auro,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 43:

Donec eum conjunx fatale poposcerit aurum,

Ov. M. 9, 411; 14, 394.—

A gold ring:

Ventilet aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum,

Juv. 1, 28.—

A golden bit:

fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum,

Verg. A. 7, 279; 5, 817.—

The golden fleece:

auro Heros Aesonius potitur,

Ov. M. 7, 155.—

A golden hairband, krôbulos:

crines nodantur in aurum,

Verg. A. 4, 138 Serv.—

Esp. freq., gold as coined money:

si quis illam invenerit Aulam onustam auri,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 4:

De Caelio vide, quaeso, ne quae lacuna sit in auro,

Cic. Att. 12, 6, 1:

Aurum omnes victā jam pietate colunt,

Prop. 4, 12, 48 sq.:

quid non mortalia pectora cogis Auri sacra fames?

Verg. A. 3, 56; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 3, § 6; so Hor. C. 2, 16, 8; 2, 18, 36; 3, 16, 9; id. S. 2, 2, 25; 2, 3, 109; 2, 3, 142; id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; Vulg. Matt. 10, 9; ib. Act. 3, 6 et saep.—

The color or lustre of gold, the gleam or brightness of gold, Ov. M. 9, 689:

anguis cristis praesignis et auro (hendiadys, for cristis aureis),

id. ib. 3, 32:

saevo cum nox accenditur auro,

Val. Fl. 5, 369 (i. e. mala portendente splendore, Wagn.); so,

fulgor auri, of the face,

Cat. 64, 100, ubi v. Ellis.—

The Golden Age:

redeant in aurum Tempora priscum,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 39:

subiit argentea proles, Auro deterior,

Ov. M. 1, 115; 15, 260.

bractĕātus, a, um, adj. [id.], covered with gold-plate, gilt (post-Aug. for the class. aureus):

sellae,

Sid. Ep. 8, 8:

lacunar,

id. ib. 2, 10.—

In gen., glistening like gold:

leo,

i.e. with a yellow mane, Sen. Ep. 41, 6:

comae,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 75.—

Trop. (cf. aureus, II.).

Splendid, golden:

O mentis aureae dictum bracteatum!

Aus. Grat. Act. ad Gratian. 8.—

Shining only externally, gilded, delusive:

felicitas,

Sen. Ep. 115, 9.

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lāmĭna or lammĭna, and sync. lamna (e. g. Hor. C. 2, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 15, 36; Val. Fl. 1, 123; Vitr. 7, 9; also,

lamina,

id. 5, 3), ae, f., a thin piece of metal, wood, marble, etc., a plate, leaf, layer, lamina [root la, = ela- of elaunô; cf. elatos].

Lit. (class.):

cum lamina esset inventa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58:

tigna laminis clavisque religant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 3:

cataphracta rum tegimen ferreis laminis consertum,

Tac. H. 1, 79:

plumbi,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166:

ex argento laminas ducere,

id. 33, 9, 45, § 128; cf.:

aes in laminas tenuare,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

ossa in laminas secare,

id. 8, 3, 4, § 7:

tenuem nimium laminam ducere,

Quint. 2, 4, 7:

argutae lamina serrae,

the blade of a saw, Verg. G. 1, 143; of a knife, Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 2; of a sword, Ov. M. 5, 173; 12, 488:

doliorum,

i. e. staves, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236 (Jahn, lanas):

laminae aëneae,

Vulg. Exod. 38, 6.—

Transf.

Laminae ardentes, red-hot plates, instruments of torture for slaves, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163; so,

candens,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 36; without adj.:

advorsum laminas, crucesque conpedisque,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 4; Lucr. 3, 1017.—

Money coin: et levis argenti lamina crimen [p. 1032] erat, Ov. F. 1, 209; cf.

fulva,

a gold piece, gold, id. M. 11, 124:

inimicus lamnae,

foe to money, Hor. C. 2, 2, 2:

tuas opes... laminas utriusque materiae,

of each precious metal, Sen. Ben. 7, 10, 1.—

A saw, Sen. Ben. 4, 6.—

Aurium, the flap of the ear, Arn. 2, 72:

aurium laminae frigescunt,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 198.—

The tender shell of an unripe nut, Ov. Nux, 95.

lāmĭna or lammĭna, and sync. lamna (e. g. Hor. C. 2, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 15, 36; Val. Fl. 1, 123; Vitr. 7, 9; also,

lamina,

id. 5, 3), ae, f., a thin piece of metal, wood, marble, etc., a plate, leaf, layer, lamina [root la, = ela- of elaunô; cf. elatos].

Lit. (class.):

cum lamina esset inventa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58:

tigna laminis clavisque religant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 3:

cataphracta rum tegimen ferreis laminis consertum,

Tac. H. 1, 79:

plumbi,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166:

ex argento laminas ducere,

id. 33, 9, 45, § 128; cf.:

aes in laminas tenuare,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

ossa in laminas secare,

id. 8, 3, 4, § 7:

tenuem nimium laminam ducere,

Quint. 2, 4, 7:

argutae lamina serrae,

the blade of a saw, Verg. G. 1, 143; of a knife, Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 2; of a sword, Ov. M. 5, 173; 12, 488:

doliorum,

i. e. staves, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236 (Jahn, lanas):

laminae aëneae,

Vulg. Exod. 38, 6.—

Transf.

Laminae ardentes, red-hot plates, instruments of torture for slaves, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163; so,

candens,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 36; without adj.:

advorsum laminas, crucesque conpedisque,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 4; Lucr. 3, 1017.—

Money coin: et levis argenti lamina crimen [p. 1032] erat, Ov. F. 1, 209; cf.

fulva,

a gold piece, gold, id. M. 11, 124:

inimicus lamnae,

foe to money, Hor. C. 2, 2, 2:

tuas opes... laminas utriusque materiae,

of each precious metal, Sen. Ben. 7, 10, 1.—

A saw, Sen. Ben. 4, 6.—

Aurium, the flap of the ear, Arn. 2, 72:

aurium laminae frigescunt,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 198.—

The tender shell of an unripe nut, Ov. Nux, 95.

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bractĕa (also brattĕa), ae, f. [perh. kindr. with brachô, to rattle], a thin plate of metal, gold-leaf (thicker plates of metal are called laminae; cf. Isid. Orig. 16, 18, 2: bractea dicitur tenuissima lamina): aranea bratteaque auri, * Lucr. 4, 729:

leni crepitabat brattea vento,

Verg. A. 6, 209:

inspice, quam tenuis bractea ligna tegat,

Ov. A. A. 3, 232; Mart. 8, 33, 6; Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 61; cf.

argenteae,

id. 37, 7, 31, § 105.—

Poet.:

viva,

the golden fleece of Spanish sheep, Mart. 9, 62, 4.—

Meton., thin layers of wood, veneers (opp. lamina):

ligni,

Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 232.—

Trop., show, glitter: eloquentiae, Sol. praef. 2.

ē-lŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to wash out, rinse out; to wash off, wash clean (class.).

Lit.:

vascula,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3:

patinas,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 66:

argentum (the silver vessels, the plate),

id. Ps. 1, 2, 29:

bacas immundas,

Col. 12, 52, 21; 6, 3, 4:

os,

Cels. 3, 4:

maculas vestium,

Plin. 20, 8, 28, § 72; cf. Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 71; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46; id. Sest. 29, 63:

purpureum colorem omnibus undis,

Lucr. 6, 1077; so,

colorem,

Quint. 1, 1, 5; cf.

atramentum,

Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 43:

aliquid ex aqua,

Cels. 7, 21 fin.:

corpus,

Ov. M. 11, 141:

se asinino lacte,

Cels. 4, 24 et saep.—

Transf.

To purify: vasa eluto auro, of pure gold (al. elato), Capitol. Pertin. 8.—

To clear, to lay bare:

Ponticum Phasim et stagna Maeotidis (sc. avibus),

Col. 8, 8, 10.—

In Plautus (like elavo, II.), to strip one's self of, to get rid of, squander one's property, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 21 sq.; id. Stich. 5, 2, 21;

of money lavished on expensive baths: elutum in balineis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5.—

Trop., to dispose of, remove, clear, or wash away, etc.:

ut centurionum profusus sanguis eluatur: num elui praedicatio crudelitatis potest?

Cic. Phil. 12, 6; cf.:

infectum scelus sub gurgite vasto,

Verg. A. 6, 742:

crimen,

Ov. M. 11, 141:

vitia,

Quint. 2, 3, 2 et saep.:

tales amicitiae sunt remissione usus eluendae,

i. e. to get rid of, Cic. Lael. 21; cf.:

amara curarum (cadus),

Hor. C. 4, 12, 20.—

To cleanse, purify, make pure or clear:

mentes maculatas crimine,

Sil. 11, 200; cf. Sen. Ep. 59:

mentem,

Lact. 5, 19, 34.—Hence, ēlūtus, a, um, P. a., washed out, i. e. watery, insipid; in the comp.:

irriguo nihil est elutius horto (= magis fatuum),

Hor. S. 2, 4, 16:

(spodi) elutior vis est,

Plin. 34, 13, 33, § 129.