versicolor
κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀόρατον → fortune is common to all, the future is unknown | fortune is common to all and the future unknown | fate is common to all and the future unknown
Latin > English
versicolor (gen.), versicoloris ADJ :: having colors that change
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
versĭcŏlor: ōris (abl. versicolori, Liv. 7, 10:
I 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.).
I 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.—*
II Trop.: translucida et versicolor quorundam elocutio, Quint. 8, praef. § 20.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
versĭcŏlŏr,¹³ ōris (versus, color), qui a des couleurs changeantes, bigarré, chatoyant : Cic. Fin. 3, 18 ; Virg. En. 10, 181 ; Liv. 34, 1, 3 || [fig.] versicolor elocutio Quint. 8, præf. 30, style chatoyant.
Latin > German (Georges)
versicolor, ōris, Abl. ōrī u. ōre, u. versicolōrius u. versicolōrus, a, um (verso u. color), die Farbe wechselnd, schillernd, buntfarbig, buntgewürfelt, bunt, a) Form -color: plumae, Cic.: aves, Prud.: pavo multicolor et discolor et versicolor, Tert.: vestimentum, Liv.: vestis, Liv.: sagulum, der Mantel der Kelten, Tac.: arma, Verg.: poma, Colum.: figura, Lact. – bildl., elocutio, Quint. 8. prooem. 20. – Plur. subst., versicolōria, ium, n., farbiges Gespinst, Ulp. dig. 32, 70, 12. Paul. dig . 34, 2, 32. § 6: insbes., bunte Segel, Plin. 19, 22. – b) Form -colorius: lana, Paul. sent. 3, 6, 82: detracto verbo ›versicolorio‹, Paul. dig. 34, 2, 32. § 6. – c) Form -colorus: paries, Prud. c. Symm. 2, 56. – Plur. subst., bunte Bilder, pingere versicolora (Ggstz. unicolora), Fronto epist. ad Ver. 1, 1. p. 113, 18 N.
