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|lshtext=<b>cŏlor</b>: (old form cŏlos, [[like]] [[arbos]], clamos, [[honos]], etc., Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 43; Lucr. 6, 208; 6, 1073; Sall. C. 15, 5, acc. to Prob. II. pp. 1456 and 1467 P.; Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 98; 35, 11, 42, § 150), ōris, m. [[root]] cal-, to [[cover]]; cf.: [[caligo]], occulere, [[calyx]],<br /><b>I</b> [[color]], [[hue]], [[tint]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: varii rerum, Lucr. 2, 786: nequeunt [[sine]] [[luce]] Esse, id. 2, 795: [[aureus]] [[ignis]], id. 6, 205: [[albus]], id. 2, 823; cf.: [[color]] [[albus]] [[praecipue]] [[decorus]] deo est, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45: [[purpureus]] conchyli, Lucr. 6, 1073: Tyrios mirare, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18; Ov. M. 4, 165; 10, 261; cf. id. ib. 6, 65; Verg. G. 1, 452: colorem accipere, Plin. 11, 38, 91, § 225: bibere, id. 8, 48, 73, § 193: inducere picturae, id. 35, 10, 36, § 102: [[color]] caerulo albidior, viridior et pressior, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4: [[amethystinus]], Suet. Ner. 32: [[color]] in pomo est, ubi permaturuit, [[ater]], Ov. M. 4, 165; Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16: [[bonus]], Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 10: [[melior]], Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41: colores, oculos qui pascere possunt, Lucr. 2, 419: rebus nox abstulit atra colorem, Verg. A. 6, 272: [[quam]] [[cito]] purpureos deperdit [[terra]] colores, Tib. 1, 4, 30: nec varios discet mentiri [[lana]] colores, Verg. E. 4, 42: [[Iris]], Mille trahens varios [[adverso]] [[sole]] colores, id. A. 4, 701.—Poet.: ducere, of grapes, etc., to [[acquire]] [[color]], [[become]] colored, Verg. E. 9, 49; Ov. M. 3, 485; cf. Sen. Ep. 71, 30.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Coloring [[stuff]], dyestuff: regionis naturā minii et chrysocollae et aliorum colorum [[ferax]], Flor. 4, 12, 60; Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30 sq.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Flowers of [[varied]] colors: aspice quo submittat [[humus]] formosa colores, Prop. 1, 2, 9; Val. Fl. 6, 492.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Specif., the [[natural]] [[color]] of men, the [[complexion]], [[tint]], [[hue]]: qui [[color]], [[nitor]], [[vestitus]], Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 11: formae [[autem]] [[dignitas]] coloris bonitate tuenda est, [[color]] exercitationibus corporis, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130: venusti oculi, [[color]] [[suavis]], id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46: [[verus]] (opp. to [[paint]]), Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27 [[Don]].; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 164; and [[fucatus]], Hor. Epod. 12, 10: [[senex]] colore mustellino, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 22: [[niveus]], Hor. C. 2, 4, 3: [[albus]], [[fair]], Ov. M. 2, 541: [[egregius]], Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64: [[verecundus]], Hor. Epod. 17, 21; cf.: vide Num ejus [[color]] pudoris [[signum]] indicat, Ter. And. 5, 3, 7: colorem mutare, to [[change]] or [[lose]] [[color]] (on [[account]] of [[any]] [[excitement]] of the passions, from [[shame]], [[fear]], [[pain]], etc.), to [[blush]], etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38; cf. Cic. Clu. 19, 54: [[color]] excidit, Ov. M. 2, 602: perdere, id. ib. 3, 99: [[adeo]] perturbavit ea vox regem, ut non [[color]], non [[voltus]] ei constaret, Liv. 39, 34, 7.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Prov.: [[homo]] nullius coloris, an [[unknown]] [[man]], Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 ([[like]] the [[phrase]]: [[albus]] an [[ater]] [[sit]]; v. [[albus]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sometimes for [[beautiful]] [[complexion]], [[fine]] [[tint]], [[beauty]]: o [[formose]] [[puer]], [[nimium]] ne crede colori, Verg. E. 2, 17: quo fugit [[Venus]], heu, quove [[color]]? Hor. C. 4, 13, 17; Ov. H. 3, 141.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., [[color]], i.e. [[external]] form, [[state]], [[condition]], [[position]], [[outward]] [[show]], [[appearance]] ([[predominant]] in rhet.; v. 2.; elsewh. [[rare]], and [[mostly]] [[poet]].): amisimus omnem non [[modo]] sucum ac sanguinem, sed [[etiam]] colorem et speciem pristinam civitatis, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10: vitae, Hor. S. 2, 1, 60; cf.: [[omnis]] Aristippum decuit [[color]] et [[status]] et res, [[every]] [[color]] became him, i. e. he accommodated [[himself]] to [[every]] [[condition]], id. Ep. 1, 17, 23: novimus quosdam, qui multis [[apud]] philosophum annis persederint, et ne colorem [[quidem]] duxerint, [[have]] not [[acquired]] [[even]] the [[outward]] [[appearance]], i.e. [[have]] imbibed or [[learned]] [[nothing]], Sen. Ep. 108, 5; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 59: omnia eundem ducunt colorem; nec [[Persis]] Macedonum [[mores]] adumbrare nec Macedonibus Persas imitari [[indecorum]], Curt. 10, 3, 14 Vogel ad loc. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[class]], [[fashion]], [[kind]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> In gen. ([[rare]]): hos [[maxime]] laudat.. egregium hoc [[quoque]], sed secundae [[sortis]] [[ingenium]] ... hic [[tertius]] [[color]] est, Sen. Ep. 52, 4: [[tertium]] illud [[genus]]... sed ne hic [[quidem]] contemnendus est [[color]] [[tertius]], id. ib. 75, 15; cf.: in omni vitae colore, Stat. S. 2 prooem. init.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Esp., of [[diction]], [[character]], [[fashion]], [[cast]], coloring, [[style]]: ornatur [[igitur]] [[oratio]] genere [[primum]] et [[quasi]] colore quodam et [[suco]] suo, Cic. de Or 3, 25, 95; cf. id. ib. 3, 52, 199: non [[unus]] [[color]] prooemii, narrationis, argumentorum, etc., Quint. 12, 10, 71: qui est, inquit, [[iste]] [[tandem]] urbanitatis [[color]]? Cic. Brut. 46, 171: [[color]] dicendi maculis conspergitur, Quint. 8, 5, 28; cf.: [[color]] [[totus]] orationis, id. 6, 3, 110: simplicis [[atque]] inaffectati [[gratia]], id. 9, 4, 17: [[tragicus]], Hor. A. P. 236: operum colores, id. ib. 86.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Pregn. (cf. [[supra]], 1. B. 2.), a [[beautiful]], [[brilliant]] [[quality]] or [[nature]], [[splendor]], [[lustre]], [[brilliancy]] (freq. [[only]] in rhet. lang.): [[nullus]] argento [[color]] est avaris Abdito terris, Hor. C. 2, 2, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[diction]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> A [[high]], [[lively]] coloring, [[embellishment]]: intelleges [[nihil]] illius (Catonis) lineamentis [[nisi]] eorum pigmentorum quae inventa [[nondum]] erant, florem et colorem defuisse, Cic. Brut. 87, 298; id. de Or. 3, 25, 100; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15 a), 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], t. t., an [[artful]] [[concealment]] of a [[fault]], a [[pretext]], [[palliation]], [[excuse]], Quint. 4, 2, 88 Spald.; 6, 5, 5; 10, 1, 116; 11, 1, 81; 12, 1, 33; cf. Sen. Contr. 3, 21; 3, 25: res [[illo]] colore defenditur [[apud]] judicem, ut videatur [[ille]] non sanae mentis fuisse, etc., Dig. 5, 2, 5: sub colore adipiscendae possessionis, Cod. Th. 3, 6, 3; Juv. 6, 280.