caparison (v.) Copy link • caparison (v.): insterno, strāvi, strātum, 3: horses c.'d with purple, instrati ostro alipedes, Virg.: shall your horse be c.'d more beautifully than your wife is dressed? equus tuus speciosius instratus erit quam uxor vestita? Liv.
CAPARISON Copy link • CAPARISON 1. s. tegumentum equi: stragulum, stragula; stratum; ornamentum equorum; phalerae (small semicircular shields of silver or gold, with which the head and neck of horses were adorned): a horse thus adorned, equua phaleratus: splendid embroidered caparison, babylonica (Lucr., 4, 1023. Ulp.). 2. v. equo insternere stragulum or stratum: equum tapetis sternere (Verg.).