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(adjective) : bractĕātus, a, um, id.
* Covered with gold-plate, gilt (post-Aug. for the class. aureus): sellae,Sid. Ep. 8, 8: lacunar,id. ib. 2, 10.
* In gen., glistening like gold: leo,i.e. with a yellow mane,Sen. Ep. 41, 6: comae,Mart. Cap. 1, § 75.
* Trop. (cf. aureus, II.).
* Splendid, golden: O mentis aureae dictum bracteatum!Aus. Grat. Act. ad Gratian. 8.
* Shining only externally, gilded, delusive: felicitas,Sen. Ep. 115, 9.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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