tarnish Copy link Outline I. Lit.A. Trans.1. dēcŏlōro, 12. hĕbĕto, 1 (to render dull)B. Intrans.1. hĕbesco, 32. pallesco, lui, 3II. Fig. • tarnish: I. Lit.: A. Trans.: 1. dēcŏlōro, 1: that of which the colour is spoiled, not altered, is t.'d, decoloratur id cujus color vitiatur non mutatur, Sen. N. Q. 2, 40, 6: Hor. 2. hĕbĕto, 1 (to render dull): the brightness of mirrors is t.'d, speculorum fulgor hebetatur (joined to praestringitur), Plin. 7, 15, 13. B. Intrans.: 1. hĕbesco, 3: Tac. Ann. 1, 30 (applied to the stars losing their brightness). 2. pallesco, lui, 3: v. GROW DIM. II. Fig.: praeflōro, 1: to t. his glory, p. gloriam, Liv. 37, 58, ad fin.: v. sully, stain.
TARNISH Copy link • TARNISHTransitively, rem obscurare; praestringere nitorem rei; hebetare, praestringere aliquid (PROP.; speculorum fulgor hebetatur, is tarnished); obscurare, obruere (figuratively); then, also, decori officere (Liv., 1, 53, to tarnish one’s reputation). Intransitively, obscurari; splendorem, candorem amittere (Cic.); also, hebescere (Tac.).