crown (v.) Copy link Outline I. To invest with a royal crownII. To cover, as with a wreath or crown1. cingo, nxi, nctum, 32. cŏrōno, 1III. To consummate • crown (v.): I. To invest with a royal crown: insigne regium capiti imponere, Tac.: v. crown. (Also diadema, apex, may be used. admovere diadema capiti in Suet. Jul. 89, is to put the crown to the head, not actually to crown.) II. To cover, as with a wreath or crown: 1. cingo, nxi, nctum, 3: to c. the temples with flowers, tempora floribus c., Hor.: v. to wreathe. 2. cŏrōno, 1: a wood c.s the waters, surrounding every side, silva c. aquas, cingens latus omne, Ov.: to c. pillars with laurel, c. postes lauro, Quint.: c.ing the gods with rosemary and brittle myrtle, coronans marino rore deos fragilique myrto, Hor.: to c. (award the prize to) a comedy, c. comoediam, Suet.: to be c.'d at the Olympian games, Olympia coronari, Hor. III. To consummate: expr. with cŭmŭlus: eloquence as it were c.s the arts of the philosophers, eloquentia aliquem c. philosophorum affert, Cic.: simly, c. addere, Ov.: also cumulo augere, Cic.: also with verb cumulo: c.'d with so many honours, tot honoribus cumulatus, Tac.: Cic.