decoration Copy link Outline I. The act of decoratingII. An ornament1. ornāmentum2. dĕcus, ŏris, n. (a distinction)3. dĕcŏrāmen, ĭnis, n. (rare)4. insigne, is, n. • decoration: I. The act of decorating: ornātio: Vitr.; exornātio, Col. (Or expr. by verb: v. to adorn.) II. An ornament: 1. ornāmentum: the d.s from the shrine of Hercules, ornamenta ex fano Herculis, Caes.: consular d.s, consularia orn., Suet.: Cic. 2. dĕcus, ŏris, n. (a distinction): a regal d., regium d., Sen. 3. dĕcŏrāmen, ĭnis, n. (rare): Sil. 4. insigne, is, n.: v. badge; insignia.
DECORATION Copy link • DECORATIONornatio; exornatio (as acts): as the ornaments themselves, cultus (taken collectively): ornatus; ornamentum (taken separately; e.g., of theatrical decoration): apparatus (the whole supply of objects with which to decorate anything): to change the decorations (of a theatre), mutare speciem ornationis (Vitrvius, 5, 6, 8).