orno

orno, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of the perf. ORNAVET, Column. Rostr.; v. infra), v. a. [perh. root var-, cover; Sanscr. varna-, color], to fit out, furnish, provide with necessaries; to equip, to get ready, prepare (class.; syn. exorno, concinno).

I.

In gen.:

age nunc, orna te,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 10:

prandium domi,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 53: ornatur ferro Enn. ap. Gell. 16, 10 (Ann. v. 190 Vahl.):

aliquem armis,

Verg. A. 12, 344:

decemviros apparitoribus, scribis, librariis, praeconibus, architectis, praeterea mulis, tabernaculis, centuriis, supellectili,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32:

aliquem pecuniā,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 3: CLASESQVE-NAVALES-PRIMOS-ORNAVET, fitted out, Column. Rostr.:

maximas classes,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; cf. Liv. 9, 30:

naves,

id. 40, 26:

convivium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 44:

copias omnibus rebus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20:

provincias,

to furnish money, arms, and attendants to governors setting out for their provinces, id. Att. 3, 24, 1; id. ib. 4, 18, 2; Liv. 40, 36, 5; so,

consules,

id. ib. —Hence, to trim, provide with oil:

lampades,

Vulg. Matt. 25, 7.—

II.

In partic., to ornament, adorn, embellish, deck, set off.

A.

Lit.:

Italiam ornare quam domum suam, maluit: quamquam, Italiā ornatā, domus ipsa mihi videtur ornatior,

Cic. Off. 2, 22, 76:

scuta ad forum ornandum,

Liv. 9, 40:

cornua sertis,

Verg. A. 7, 488:

monilia collum,

Ov. M. 5, 52.—Of dressing the hair, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5:

capillos,

id. ib. 2, 7, 23; Prop. 1, 2, 1.—

B.

Trop., to adorn, decorate, set off; to commend, praise, extol; to honor, show honor to, distinguish:

aliquid magnificentius augere atque ornare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

seditiones ipsas,

id. ib. 2, 28, 124:

aliquem suis sententiis,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 11: dicere, laudandum adulescentem, ornandum, tollendum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1:

civitatem omnibus rebus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

aliquem maximis beneficiis,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 5:

aliquem laudibus,

id. Phil. 2, 11, 25:

egressum alicujus frequentiā suā,

id. Pis. 13, 31:

candidatum suffragio,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 8: aliquem ornare, to bestow honor upon, advance to honor, Cic. Fam. 1, 1:

hederā poëtam,

Verg. E. 7, 25.—Ironically:

ornatus esses,

would have been rewarded, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 22.—Hence, ornātus, a, um, P. a.

A.

Fitted out, furnished, provided with necessaries, equipped, accoutred, splendidly furnished (class.;

syn.: instructus, praeditus): sapiens plurimis artibus instructus et ornatus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

scutis telisque parati ornatique,

id. Caecin. 21, 60:

equus ornatus,

Liv. 27, 19:

elephantus,

Nep. Hann. 3, 4:

naves paratissimae, atque omni genere armorum ornatissimae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

fundus,

Cic. Quint. 31, 98:

Graecia copiis non instructa solum, sed etiam ornata,

not provided merely, but also splendidly furnished, id. Phil. 10, 4, 9.— Transf.:

ingenio bono,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 89.—

B.

In partic., ornamented, adorned, decked, decorated, embellished, handsome, ornate:

sepulcrum floribus ornatum,

Cic. Fl. 38, 95.— Comp.:

nihil ornatius,

Cic. Sen. 16, 57.—Esp., adorned with all good qualities, excellent, distinguished, eminent, illustrious:

lectissimus atque ornatissimus adulescens,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

in dicendo,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 42; id. ib. 1, 11, 49:

homo ornatissimus loco, ordine, nomine, virtute, ingenio, copiis,

honored, respected, id. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 127:

ornati elaboratique versus,

embellished, id. Or. 11, 36:

oratio,

id. de Or. 1, 12, 50:

locus ad dicendum ornatissimus,

admirably adapted, id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1.—Hence, adv.: ornātē, with ornament, ornamentally, ornately, elegantly (class.):

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53:

apte, distincte, ornate dicere,

id. Off. 1, 1, 2.— Comp.:

causas agere ornatius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1.— Sup.:

causam ornatissime et copiosissime defendere,

Cic. Brut. 5, 21.