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|lshtext=<b>ex-orno</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[fit]] [[out]], [[equip]], [[furnish]], [[supply]] [[with]] [[any]] [[thing]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[rare]]; not in Cic.): nullae [[magis]] res duae [[plus]] negoti habent (sc. [[quam]] [[navis]] et [[mulier]]) [[forte]] si occeperis exornare, to [[give]] [[them]] an [[outfit]], Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 3 sq.: dum vicinitatem armis exornat, Sall. C. 36, 1; so, classem, Just. 5, 6: aliquem veste, nummis, [[familia]], Phaedr. 4, 22, 23; cf.: is [[homo]] exornetur [[graphice]] in peregrinum modum, be fitted [[out]], dressed, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 38: rebus paratis [[atque]] exornatis nuptiis, [[set]] [[out]], arranged, id. Aul. 4, 10, 54: [[convivium]] omni opulentiā, Sall. J. 85, 39: aciem, id. ib. 52, 5.—Absol.: [[consul]] omnibus exploratis, [[credo]] dis [[fretus]] ... [[tamen]] pro rei [[copia]] [[satis]] [[providenter]] exornat, provides, Sall. J. 90, 1 Kritz. —Transf.: hominem exornavit, mulierem qui abduceret, has employed, fitted [[out]], Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 110 Ritschl N. cr.; cf.: [[utrum]] aliquem exornari oportuit, qui [[istaec]] prohiberet, Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> Pregn., to [[deck]] [[out]], [[adorn]], [[embellish]] (the [[class]]. signif. of the [[word]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: ea signa [[emere]] [[soleo]], quae ad similitudinem gymnasiorum exornent mihi in [[palaestra]] locum, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2; cf.: domum ejus exornatam [[atque]] instructam [[iste]] reddiderat nudam [[atque]] inanem, id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84: [[triclinium]] [[ample]] magnificeque, id. ib. 2, 4, 27, § 62: aliquem veste [[regia]], Curt. 8, 13 fin.: [[tibi]] me [[exorno]] ut placeam, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 135; cf. id. Stich. 5, 4, 3; id. Trin. 4, 2, 15.—Transf., [[comically]]: [[adeo]] exornatum dabo, [[adeo]] depexum, ut dum vivat, meminerit mei, I'll [[give]] him [[such]] a [[dressing]], i. e. [[beating]], Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 77.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: [[quin]] tu te exornas moribus lepidis? Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 12: [[Pythagoras]] exornavit eam Graeciam, quae magna dicta est, praestantissimis artibus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 10; cf.: philosophiam falsa [[gloria]], id. ib. 2, 5, 12; and: L. [[Fulvius]] [[eodem]] honore (i. e. consulatu) [[exornatus]], Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 136: ad illustrandam [[atque]] exornandam orationem, Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 152; cf.: mea [[ratio]] in dicendo haec esse solet, ut boni [[quod]] habeat, id amplectar, exornem, exaggerem, etc., id. ib. 2, 72, 292: [[quid]] exornamus philosophiam? aut [[quid]] ejus nomine gloriosi sumus? [[set]] [[off]] [[with]] praises, [[extol]], id. Tusc. 2, 14, 33.—<br /><b>III</b> To [[despoil]] of [[ornament]], Tert. Cult. Fem. 2, 9. —Hence, exornātus, a, um, P. a., [[decked]] [[out]], [[adorned]] ([[rare]]): [[candide]] [[vestitus]], [[laute]] exornatusque, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10: [[cithara]] exornatissima, Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60: ornatu nullo potest exornatior esse, Poët. in Anth. Lat. 1, 692 Burm.
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