tan (v.) Copy link Outline I. To prepare leatherII. To discolour • tan (v.): I. To prepare leather: expr. by coria, pelles perficere, Plin. 23, 1, 16: 24, 11, 56: subigere, Cat. R. R. 18, 7: depsĕre, id. 135, 3: conficere, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: v. dress, curry. Com.: to t. one's hide, alicui corium concidere, Pl. Am. prol. 85. II. To discolour: cŏlōro, 1: when I walk in the sun it naturally happens that I become t.'d, quum in sole ambulem natura fit ut colorer, Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60: t.'d by the sun, ădustus, pĕrustus: v. sunburnt, swarthy.