hŏnō-rātus

hŏnōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ( depon.:

Dionysius Platonem in litore occurrens honoratus est,

Sol. 1, § 123; 2, § 26; Ampel. 2, 5) [honor], to clothe or adorn with honor; to honor, respect; to adorn, ornament, embellish, decorate (class.; cf.

honeste): mortem ejus (Ser. Sulpicii) non monumento sed luctu publico esse honorandam putarem,

Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 5:

ornandi honorandique potestas,

id. ib. 5, 17, 45 Orell. N. cr.:

honorandus sum, quia tyrannum occidi (opp. puniendus),

Quint. 3, 6, 74; cf. id. 7, 4, 41:

Amphiaraüm sic honoravit fama Graeciae,

Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88:

virtutem,

id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

aliquos sellis curulibus, toga praetexta, corona triumphali laureaque honorare,

Liv. 10, 7, 9: populum congiariis, to honor, i. e. present, Vell. 2, 129, 3;

cf: nisi in arena passi sunt se honorari,

Dig. 3, 1, 1; 48, 10, 15:

honoratus equestri statua,

Vell. 2, 61, 3:

Apollo lyram modo nato flore honorabat,

adorned, Petr. 83:

lato clavo vel equo publico similive honore honorari,

Ulp. Fragm. 7, 1.—Hence, hŏnō-rātus, a, um, P. a., honored, respected; honorable, respectable, distinguished.

In gen. [class.):

qui honorem sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

Liv. 36, 40, 9: beati, qui honorati sunt, videntur;

miseri autem, qui sunt inglorii,

Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 32:

clari et honorati viri,

id. de Sen. 7, 22:

homo et princeps,

id. Off. 1, 39, 138:

honoratus et nobilis Thucydides,

id. Or. 9, 32:

Achilles,

Hor. A. P. 120:

cani,

Ov. M. 8, 9:

praefectura,

Cic. Planc. 8, 19:

amici,

i. e. courtiers, Liv. 40, 54, 6:

rus,

granted as a mark of honor, Ov. M. 15, 617; cf.

sedes,

Tac. A. 2, 63.— Comp.:

Dionysius apud me honoratior fuit, quam apud Scipionem Panaetius,

Cic. Att. 9, 12, 2:

spes honoratioris militiae,

Liv. 32, 23, 9.— Sup.:

genus pollens atque honoratissimum,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28:

honoratissimo loco lectus,

Vell. 2, 76, 1:

honoratissimae imaginis vir,

Liv. 3, 58, 2:

genus assensus,

Tac. G. 11.—

In partic., honored by a public office, filling a post of honor, honorable, respectable (perh. not anteAug.):

praetor,

Ov. F. 1, 52:

consul honoratus vir,

id. P. 4, 5, 1:

honoratior,

Vell. 2, 54 fin.:

familia honorata magis quam nobilis,

Eutr. 7, 18: si quis forte honoratorum, decurionum, possessorum, etc., Cod. Th. 9, 27, 6; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40; Inscr. Orell. 3540; 3971 al.; cf.:

HONORATVS AD CVRAM KALENDARII,

Inscr. Grut. 444, 5:

honoratae comae,

i. e. of a high magistrate, Ov. P. 2, 2, 92.—

Act., conferring honor, = honorificus (very rare):

senatus quam poterat honoratissimo decreto adlocutus eos mandat consulibus,

Liv. 27, 10, 6.—Hence, adv.: hŏnōrātē, with honor, honorably:

quam illum et honorate nec secure continet?

Vell. 2, 129, 4:

quod filium honorate custodierant,

Tac. H. 4, 63.— Comp.:

utrum contumeliosius expulerint, an revocaverint honoratius,

Just. 5, 4, 13; Val. Max. 5, 1, 11. — Sup.:

aliquem honoratissime excipere,

Val. Max. 2, 10, 2.