coloro

cŏlōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.].

I.

To give a color to, to color, tinge (class.):

corpora,

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 110:

lignum sinopide,

Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 31:

lineas testa trita,

id. 35, 3, 5, § 16:

medicamentum rubricā vel atramento,

Scrib. Comp. 228:

coloratum Tithoni conjuge caelum,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 35.—

B.

In partic., to color reddish or brownish, to tinge:

cum in sole ambulem, natura fit ut colorer,

Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60; Quint. 5, 10, 81; Sen. Ep. 108, 4:

pira sole,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; Prop. 3 (4), 13, 16:

colorat aequora Nilus,

Cat. 11, 7.—

II.

Trop. (cf. color, II.).

A.

In gen., to imbue thoroughly:

sapientia nisi alte descendit et diu sedit animum non coloravit, sed infecit,

Sen. Ep. 71, 30.—

B.

Esp.

1.

Of discourse, to give it a coloring; and in pass., to retain or receive a coloring, to be tinged:

cum istos libros studiosius legerim, sentio orationem meam illorum tactu quasi colorari,

Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60; id. Or. 13, 42:

urbanitate quādam quasi colorata oratio,

id. Brut. 46, 170. —

2.

(In a bad sense.) To give a coloring, to gloss over, palliate, Val. Max. 8, 2, 2:

inepta sua serio vultu,

Prud. Cath. 2, 35 (cf. color, II. B. b.).—Hence, cŏlōrātus, a, um, P. a.

A.

Colored, having color:

arcus,

Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51:

uvae,

Col. 11, 2:

pira,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

2.

Esp., colored red, red, imbrowned, Quint. 5, 10, 81:

corpora,

having a healthy color, id. 8, prooem. § 19; cf.

virtus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 3:

aliquis speciosior et coloratior,

Cels. 2, 2:

Indi,

Verg. G. 4, 293:

Seres,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 6:

Etrusci,

Mart. 10, 68.—

B.

Trop., colored, specious:

ficta et colorata,

Sen. Ep. 16, 2.— Adv.: cŏlōrātē, in a specious or plausible manner:

offert tale patrocinium,

Quint. Decl. 285.