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|lshtext=<b>versĭcŏlor</b>: ōris (abl. versicolori, Liv. 7, 10:<br /><b>I</b> versicolore, Prop. 4, 7, 50; Ov. F. 5, 356; [[post]]-[[class]]. collat. form of the nomsing. versĭcŏlōrus, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 56; neutr. versicolorum, Dig. 32, 1, 70, § 12 Momms.; and -cŏlōrĭus, Dig. 34, 2, 32, § 6), adj. [[verso]]-[[color]], [[that]] changes its [[color]], of [[changeable]] [[color]]; of [[various]] colors, partycolored ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: plumae versicolores, * Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18: [[pavo]], Tert. Pall. 3: [[vestimentum]], of [[divers]] colors, [[party]]-colored, Liv 34, 1, 3; cf. Dig. 32, 1, 70, § 12: [[vestis]], Liv. 7, 10, 7; Quint. 10, 1, 33: [[arma]], Verg. A. 10, 181: [[cultus]] Florae, Ov. F. 5, 356: poma, Col. 3, 21, 3.—Subst.: versĭcŏlōrĭa, ium, n., [[dyed]] stuffs, colored woolens. constabat [[apud]] veteres lanae appellatione versicoloria non contineri, Dig. 32, 1, 70, § 12; 34, 2, 32, § 6.—Esp., [[party]]-colored sails, Plin. 19, 1, 5, § 22.—*<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: translucida et [[versicolor]] quorundam [[elocutio]], Quint. 8, praef. § 20.