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.
ADORN Copy link • ADORNornare (general term): decorate (opposed to what is ordinary or unseemly: ornare, opposed to what is paltryand incomplete. Dig.): exornare (to dress or deck out: also of adorning a speech): distinguere (to relieve, by ornaments placed here and there: also of a speech): comere (to dress, i. e., arrange ornamentally; e.g., the head, hair: also, figuratively, a speech). With anything, ornare, exornare, distinguere, or distinguere et ornare (see before), aliqua re; excolere aliqua re, or ornatu alicujus rei (to embellish with), e.g., the walls with marbles, parietes marmoribus; a roam with pictures, cubiculum tabolarum pictarum ornatu. To adorn one’s self, se exornare (to dress myself out). The heaven adorned with stars, caelum astris distinctum et omatum. Be an ornament to, decori, ornamento esse: decus afferre (all alicui or alicui rei).