trappings Copy link Outline 1. esp. of horses2. in more gen. sense, ornātus, ūs (handsome equipments and decoration)3. insignia, ium (applicable to whatever marks or sets off a person) • trappings: 1. esp. of horses: phălĕrae, arum: a horse with showy t., equus phaleris insignis, Virg. Aen. 5, 310: Virg. Fig.: of anything showy: Pers.: wearing such t., phaleratus: Liv.: Suet. 2. in more gen. sense, ornātus, ūs (handsome equipments and decoration): a horse with royal t., equus regio o. instructus, Plin. So ornamentum: elephants captured with their towers and t., elephanti capti cum turribus ornamentisque, Auct. B. Afr. 86: v. decoration, ornament. 3. insignia, ium (applicable to whatever marks or sets off a person): regal t., i. illa regia, Cic. Sext. 26, 57: so, i. pontificalia, Liv. 10, 7. See also pomp, pageantry.
TRAPPINGS Copy link • TRAPPINGSornatus, -ūs (general term): phalerae (PROP., of horses; i. e., little golden or silver crescent-shaped plates, with which the neck, head, etc., of horses were ornamented; also of persons, especially military men, but worn sometimes even by women; Pub. Syr., ap. Petron., Sat. 55). To adorn with trappings, phaleris ornare: adorned with trappings, phaleratus. [Vid: ORNAMENT.] Horse-trappings, ornamentum equi (general term): phalerae (Vid: above). ImPROP., The trappings of woe, insignia lugentium (Cic.).