adorn Copy link Outline 1. orno, 12. exorno, 13. dĕcŏro, 14. distinguo, stinxi, stinctum, 3 (v. Note, supr.)5. illustro, 16. cŏlo, cŏlui, cultum, 37. excŏlo, 38. cōmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (strictly only of the hair) • adorn: 1. orno, 1: to a. the horns with garlands, cornua sertis o., Virg. Fig.: you have always a.'d your art, istam artem semper ornasti, Cic. 2. exorno, 1: statues a. the place, signa locum ex., Cic. Fig.: to a. philosophy with false glory, philosophiam falsa gloria ex., Cic.--Note. Both orno and exorno signify also to fit out, equip (q.v.); while the two following words, decoro, distinguo (properly, to mark here and there), refer more exclusively to decoration. 3. dĕcŏro, 1: to a. a town with monuments, oppidum monumentis d., Cic.: to a. a funeral pile with glittering arms, pyram fulgentibus armis d., Virg. Fig.: they used to a. the temples of the gods with their piety, delubra deorum pietate decorabant, Sall. 4. distinguo, stinxi, stinctum, 3 (v. Note, supr.): to a. a cup with gems, d. poculum gemmis, Cic.: the heavens a.'d with stars, coelum astris distinctum (studded) et ornatum, Plin. Fig.: to a. a speech, orationem d., Cic. 5. illustro, 1: i. e. to render brilliant, distinguished: to a. a man with praise, il. aliquem laudibus, Lucc. ap. Cic.: figurative expressions a. speech, il. orationem translata verba, Cic. 6. cŏlo, cŏlui, cultum, 3: they a. their wrists and arms with gold, brachia et lacertos auro colunt, Curt. (but this is a rare use: it mostly denotes to bestow care upon, and so to adorn): to a. (strictly, attend to) the person, corpora c., Ov.; Tib. Similarly 7. excŏlo, 3: to a. a floor with marbles, marmoribus solum ex., Plin. 8. cōmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (strictly only of the hair): v. to deck, embellish.